Associations to the word «Mechanistic»

Wiktionary

MECHANISTIC, adjective. Having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine
MECHANISTIC, adjective. Predetermined by, or as if by, a mechanism
MECHANISTIC, adjective. (philosophy) Having a physical or biological cause

Dictionary definition

MECHANISTIC, adjective. Explained in terms of physical forces; "a mechanistic universe".
MECHANISTIC, adjective. Of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats