atomist
- noun
- /ˈætəmɪst/
- Specialized
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atomista
- With his belief that "the final real things of which the world is made up" are actual occasions or momentary self-constituting subjects of experience, Whitehead can legitimately be considered a philosophical atomist.
He's still pushing hard as atomist, engaging modern thought.
- He's still pushing hard as atomist, engaging modern thought.
Examples
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Then you have the atomist of course, who maintained that some things have parts.
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The scientist is an atomist, believing that understanding the smallest components helps explain complex systems.
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He's still pushing hard as atomist, engaging modern thought.
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But a nation of radical atomists would never be able to guard itself against a united collective entity, for instance.
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As an atomist, she argues that analyzing individual parts can lead to insights about larger structures.
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In his role as an atomist, he aims to simplify complicated theories by focusing on their fundamental elements.
Compounds
- Specialized
A theory that says all matter is made of tiny particles that cannot be divided called atoms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Atomist comes from the Greek atomos 'not cut', made from a- 'not' and tomos 'cut'. So an atomist is someone who believes you can understand a whole thing by studying its smallest parts.
