MECHANISTIC


Meaning of MECHANISTIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mekənɪstɪk ]

If you describe a view or explanation of something as mechanistic , you are criticizing it because it describes a natural or social process as if it were a machine.

...a mechanistic view of things that ignores the emotional realities in people’s lives...

Most of my colleagues in biology are still very mechanistic in their thinking.

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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