Associations to the word «Atomism»
Noun
- Materialism
- Descartes
- Alchemy
- Atom
- Aristotle
- Bertrand
- Galileo
- Astrology
- Boyle
- Cosmology
- Skepticism
- Void
- Philosophy
- Idealism
- Humanism
- Newton
- Plurality
- Dalton
- Philosopher
- Russell
- Orthodoxy
- Physic
- Aquinas
- Contingency
- Theory
- Astronomy
- Meteor
- Mach
- Theology
- Chemistry
- Augustine
- Antoine
- Realism
- Analogy
- Mechanics
- Enlightenment
- Minimum
- Pierre
- Doctrine
- Particle
- Isaac
- Logic
- Comet
- Physics
- Ancient
- Rejection
- Plato
- Locke
- Thinker
- Bce
- Ethics
- Argument
- Concept
- Bacon
- Hypothesis
- Unity
- Proposition
- Principle
- Substance
- Conception
- Georg
- Vacuum
- Thesis
- Anatomy
- Revival
- Existence
- Providence
- Consciousness
- Johann
- Geometry
Adjective
Wiktionary
ATOMISM, noun. (philosophy) The ancient Greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles.
ATOMISM, noun. (philosophy) The doctrine that society arises from individuals and that larger structures are unimportant.
Dictionary definition
ATOMISM, noun. (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association.
ATOMISM, noun. (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.