ATOMISTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atomistic mean? 

• ATOMISTIC (adjective)
  The adjective ATOMISTIC has 1 sense:

1. divided into separate and often disparate elements

  Familiarity information: ATOMISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATOMISTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divided into separate and often disparate elements

Synonyms:

atomistic; atomistical

Antonym:

holistic (emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole)

Derivation:

atomism ((chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles)

atomism ((psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association)