English Explanatory Dictionary

mechanistic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine.
  2. Predetermined by, or as if by, a mechanism.
  3. Having a physical or biological cause.

Pronunciation

/ˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mechanistic.wav

Word forms

mechanistic more mechanistic most mechanistic

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)der. New Latin mechanismuslbor. English mechanism ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English mechanistic From mechan(ism) + -istic.

Derived words

antimechanistic biomechanistic mechanistically multimechanistic neuromechanistic nonmechanistic pathomechanistic unmechanistic
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