mechanicism

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mechanicism

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uncountable Synonym of mechanism (“theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes”). Ever since the scientific revolution, substance ontology has been associated with mechanicism, the view that nature, together with everything in it, is a machine that operates in a regular and predictable manner […]
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@misc{mechanicism_2026,
  title = {mechanicism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mechanicism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}