atomism

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: at=om=ism

CIDE DICTIONARY

atomism, n. [Cf. F. atomisme.].

 The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

atomism, n. Philos.
1 the theory that all matter consists of tiny individual particles.
2 Psychol. the theory that mental states are made up of elementary units.

Derivative

atomist n. atomistic adj.

THESAURUS

atomism

Aristotelianism, Berkeleianism, Bohr theory, Bradleianism, Cynicism, Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, Dirac theory, Epicureanism, Fichteanism, Hegelianism, Heideggerianism, Heracliteanism, Herbartianism, Humism, Kantianism, Leibnizianism, Marxism, Mimamsa, Neo-Hegelianism, Neo-Pythagoreanism, Neoplatonism, Peripateticism, Platonism, Purva Mimamsa, Pyrrhonism, Pythagoreanism, Sankhya, Schellingism, Scotism, Socratism, Sophism, Sophistry, Spencerianism, Stoicism, Thomism, acosmism, agnosticism, animalism, animatism, animism, behaviorism, commonsense realism, correspondence principle, cosmotheism, criticism, deism, dialectical materialism, dualism, earthliness, eclecticism, egoism, empiricism, epiphenomenalism, ethics, eudaemonism, existentialism, hedonism, historical materialism, humanism, hylomorphism, hylotheism, hylozoism, idealism, immaterialism, individualism, intuitionism, law of parity, materialism, mechanism, mentalism, monism, mysticism, natural realism, naturalism, neocriticism, new realism, nominalism, octet theory, ontologism, ontology, optimism, organic mechanism, organicism, panpsychism, pantheism, pessimism, physicalism, physicism, pluralism, positive philosophy, positivism, pragmaticism, pragmatism, psychism, psychological hedonism, quantum theory, rationalism, realism, representative realism, secular humanism, secularism, semiotic, semiotics, sensationalism, skepticism, substantialism, syncretism, temporality, theism, transcendentalism, utilitarianism, voluntarism, worldliness