mechanist

[ mek-uh-nist ]

/ ˈmɛk ə nɪst /

noun

a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.

a mechanician.

Nearby words

mechanically recovered meat, mechanician, mechanics, mechanicsville, mechanism, mechanist, mechanistic, mechanize, mechano-, mechanochemistry, mechanomorphism

Origin of mechanist

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

Related forms

an·ti·mech·an·ist, noun, adjective

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Examples from the Web for mechanist

These truths are as plain to the mechanist as they are to the vitalist.
Theism or Atheism|Chapman Cohen
John Rennie died; a celebrated Scottish civil engineer and mechanist.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
To employ the language of the mechanist, the necessary fall would be otherwise awanting, and the machine would fail to move.
Leading Articles on Various Subjects|Hugh Miller
Guttemberg; without knowing it, was the mechanist of the New World.
History of the Girondists, Volume I|Alphonse de Lamartine

Joseph Bramah, a very ingenious English engineer and mechanist, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for mechanist

mechanist

/ (ˈmɛkənɪst) /

noun

a person who accepts a mechanistic philosophy

another name for a mechanician

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