Associations to the word «Atomism»

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.

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".