atomism
noun
the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter.
Example Sentences
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And the workers are increasingly being treated less atomistically, as creative individuals to encourage maximum yield, but as fungible, nondescript individuals in an ever-replaceable pool of actors.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2018
Parishioners begin to nod drowsily as the minister begins the sermon; collective prayer and singing masks the reality that most worshipers are atomistically locked in their own private thoughts.
From Time Magazine Archive
As in empty space, so too in the interior of material bodies, the ether, and not matter viewed atomistically, was exclusively the seat of electromagnetic fields.
From Sidelights on Relativity by Albert Einstein
In the Roman confessional, sins are treated atomistically.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Martin Luther
