Mechanistic

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mechanistic
       adj 1: explained in terms of physical forces; "a mechanistic
              universe"
       2: of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism
       3: lacking thought or feeling [syn: {mechanical}]



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

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "mechanistic":
     Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Marxian, Marxist, Megarian, Stoic,
     aeromechanical, animist, animistic, atomistic, biomechanical,
     commonsense, cosmotheistic, eclectic, empirical, eudaemonistic,
     existential, hedonic, hedonist, hedonistic, humanist, humanistic,
     hylomorphous, hylotheistic, idealistic, instrumentalist,
     locomotive, locomotor, materialist, materialistic, mechanical,
     mechanist, metaphysical, monistic, naturalist, naturalistic,
     nominalist, panlogistical, pantheistic, positivist, positivistic,
     pragmatic, pragmatist, rationalistic, realist, realistic,
     scholastic, sensationalistic, syncretistic, theistic,
     transcendentalist, transcendentalistic, utilitarian, vitalistic,
     voluntarist, voluntaristic, zoomechanical