Atomism Synonyms and Antonyms

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(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. atomic-theory
  2. atomist theory
  3. fichteanism
  4. heideggerianism
  5. heracliteanism
  6. leibnizianism
  7. monism
  8. mimamsa
  9. neo-hegelianism
  10. neo-pythagoreanism
  11. sankhya
  12. atomistic theory
  13. schellingism
  14. scotism
  15. spencerianism
  16. thomism
  17. eudaemonism
  18. mentalism
  19. nominalism
  20. organicism
  21. voluntarism
Antonyms:
  1. holism

Words Related to Atomism

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. positivism
  2. psychologism
  3. physicalism
  4. intuitionism
  5. mereology
  6. theory-of-knowledge
  7. teleology

Atomism Sentence Examples

  • Between Leucippus and Democritus there is an interval of at least forty years; accordingly, while the beginnings of Atomism are closely connected with the doctrines of the Eleatics, the system as developed by Democritus is conditioned by the sophistical views of his time, especially those of Protagoras.

  • Libertarianism seems to dissolve to an unworldly atomism, and seems far too callous about real human pain.

  • In the theory of Atomism taught by Leucippus and Democritus we have the basis of the modern mechanical conceptions of cosmic evolution.

  • Metrodorus is especially interesting as the teacher of Anaxarchus, the friend of Pyrrho, and, therefore, as the connecting link between atomism proper and the later scepticism.

  • In Hume's theory of knowledge we have the final expression of what may be called psychological individualism or atomism, while his ethics and doctrine of religion are but the logical consequences of this theory.

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