schematism

American  

[skee-muh-tiz-uhm] / ˈski məˌtɪz əm /

noun

1. the particular form or disposition of a thing.

2. a schematic arrangement.

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Etymology

Origin of schematism

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

Example Sentences

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The first will treat of the sensuous condition under which alone pure conceptions of the understanding can be employed— that is, of the schematism of the pure understanding.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

In the economical schematism of science lie both its strength and its weakness.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

The atomic notation was as serviceable to chemistry as the binomial nomenclature and the classificatory schematism of Linnæus were to zoölogy and botany.

From The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century by Huxley, Thomas Henry