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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Atomism \At"om*ism\, n. [Cf. F. atomisme.]
     The doctrine of atoms. See {Atomic philosophy}, under
     {Atomic}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  atomism
       n 1: (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to
            simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form
            complex ideas by association
       2: (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of
          tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles;
          "the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus
          held atomic theories of the universe" [syn: {atomic theory},
           {atomist theory}, {atomistic theory}] [ant: {holism}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

















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