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atomism   (TTS Sound)

The noun atomism has 2 senses

• atomism -- ((psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association)


• atomism, atomic theory, atomist theory, atomistic theory -- ((chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe")