SCHEMATISM


Meaning of SCHEMATISM in English

ˈskēməˌtizəm noun

( -s )

Etymology: New Latin schematismus, from Greek schēmatismos configuration, assumption of a manner, from schēmatizein to assume a certain form, put into a systematic arrangement

1.

a. : the disposition of constituents in a pattern or according to a scheme ; also : a particular systematic disposition of parts

b. : the inclination to arrange or present schematically

2.

[German schematismus, from New Latin]

: the process by which the imagination according to Kantianism mediates between a category or abstract concept of the understanding and a particular content of sense experience by providing a general plan for the application of the concept to the content of sense — compare schema 1

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