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schematism

American  
[skee-muh-tiz-uhm] / ˈski məˌtɪz əm /

noun

  1. the particular form or disposition of a thing.

  2. a schematic arrangement.


schematism British  
/ ˈskiːməˌtɪzəm /

noun

  1. the general form, arrangement, or classification of something

"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

Etymology

Origin of schematism

From the Greek word schēmatismós, dating back to 1610–20. See schematize, -ism


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Both novels have a tendency to slip into lugubriousness and slick schematism.

From Time Magazine Archive

In effect, the book is a case history of the integration process as Jung describes it, and as such it frequently suffers from schematism.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pupil went through all the routine of metaplasm, schematism, and figures of speech; but this was only the groundwork.

From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry

It is only through the schematism that the categories are limited to phenomena.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg

The schematism makes the immanent use of the categories, and thus a metaphysics of phenomena, possible, but the transcendent use of them, and consequently the metaphysics of the suprasensible, impossible.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg

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