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anatomism

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- ▲ Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English anatomism From an- + atom + -ism.

  1. derived from -ism English anatomism From an- + atom + -ism
  2. derived from athomebor
  3. derived from atomusbor

Definitions

  1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.

    • The stretched and vivid anatomism of their great figure painters.

  2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or…

    The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.

  3. The quality of not being atomic, but rather, being composed ofmultiple separable parts.

    • Weak anatomism, however, seems to Fodor and Lepore to be a position they need not bother with.
    • In the country of its origin (Germany) and in the country of its adoption (America), Gestalt psychology was a reaction against two "-isms": atomism and anatomism.

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