Associations to the word «Atomism»

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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke