Associations to the word «Mechanistic»

Wiktionary

MECHANISTIC, adjective. Having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine
MECHANISTIC, adjective. Predetermined by, or as if by, a mechanism
MECHANISTIC, adjective. (philosophy) Having a physical or biological cause

Dictionary definition

MECHANISTIC, adjective. Explained in terms of physical forces; "a mechanistic universe".
MECHANISTIC, adjective. Of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism.

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