Atomistic

2 definitions found

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

  Atomistic \At`om*is"tic\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It is the object of the mechanical atomistic
              philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis.


                                                    --Coleridge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. divided into separate and often disparate elements; -- the
        opposite of {holistic}.
  
     Syn: atomistical.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  atomistic
       adj : divided into separate and often disparate elements [syn: {atomistical}]
             [ant: {holistic}]