■ noun chiefly Philosophy a theoretical approach that regards something as interpretable through analysis into distinct, separable, and independent elementary components. The opposite of holism .
Derivatives
atomist noun
atomistic adjective
■ noun chiefly Philosophy a theoretical approach that regards something as interpretable through analysis into distinct, separable, and independent elementary components. The opposite of holism .
Derivatives
atomist noun
atomistic adjective
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004