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

Other Words From

• anti·mechan·ist noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mechanist¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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