atomistic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)

Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

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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-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English -istic

English atomistic

From atom + -istic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌætəˈmɪstɪk/

Adjective

atomistic (comparative more atomistic, superlative most atomistic)

1. Of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism.
   • 1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend:

     It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces.

3. Divided into separate elements; not holistic.

   Antonym: holistic

4. (economics) Of a market: divided such that no single actor can noticeably affect market-wide values such as the price; competitive.

Derived terms

• atomistically
• nonatomistic

Translations

of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism

• Catalan: atomístic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原子論的 / 原子论的

• Japanese: 原子説の (げんしせつの, genshisetsuno)
• Polish: atomistyczny (pl)

not holistic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原子的

• Finnish: atomistinen (fi)
• Japanese: 原子の
• Swedish: atomistisk

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German atomistisch.

Adjective

atomistic m or n (feminine singular atomistică, masculine plural atomistici, feminine/neuter plural atomistice)

1. atomistic

Declension

Declension of atomistic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	atomistic		atomistică	atomistici	atomistice
	definite	atomisticul		atomistica	atomisticii	atomisticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	atomistic		atomistice	atomistici	atomistice
	definite	atomisticului		atomisticei	atomisticilor	atomisticelor

References

• atomistic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN