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mechanomorphism

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[mek-uh-noh-mawr-fiz-uhm] / ˌmɛk ə noʊˈmɔr fɪz əm /

noun

Philosophy.

the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.

Other Word Forms

mechanomorphic adjective
mechanomorphically adverb

Etymology

Origin of mechanomorphism

First recorded in 1925–30; mechano- + -morphism

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