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mechanist

[ mek-uh-nist ]

noun

  1. a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.
  2. a mechanician.


ˈmechanist

/ ˈmɛkənɪst /

noun

  1. a person who accepts a mechanistic philosophy
  2. another name for a mechanician
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • anti·mechan·ist noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mechanist1

First recorded in 1600–10; mechan(ic) + -ist
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Example Sentences

These truths are as plain to the mechanist as they are to the vitalist.

To employ the language of the mechanist, the necessary fall would be otherwise awanting, and the machine would fail to move.

He must have been a clever mechanist, for the result was always the same-after a longer or shorter period the music began again.

M. Maelzel, the mechanist, inventor of the musical metronome, was one of Beethoven's warmest friends and adherents.

This very pessimistic survey is the more valuable as it is written by a convinced mechanist.

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