mechanist

Noun

Meaning

A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.

One who regards the phenomena of nature as the effects of forces merely mechanical.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

artificer driver engineer bacon engineering mechanical shop philosopher realistic mechanically mechanic adherent artisan machinist mechanical engineer
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Hypernyms

philosopher

Phrases with the word

motor mechanist

Anagrams

cantheism

Examples

''He shatters the vitalist argument by calling in question the specific or personal unity of the organism, and the mechanist argument even more decisively, by calling in question the structural unity of the machine. Source: Internet

Newton had also specifically attributed the inherent power of inertia to matter, against the mechanist thesis that matter has no inherent powers. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mechaniser mechanism mechanism of death mechanistic mechanistic structure mechanistical