Atomist is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Atomist meaning
- An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles.
- An adherent of the atomic theory.
Using Atomist
- The main meaning on this page is: An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles. | An adherent of the atomic theory.
Context around Atomist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Atomist
- In this selection, "atomist" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, school, believing and reductionism stand out and add context to how "atomist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include atomist school the and thesis of atomist reductionism that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "atomist" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with atomist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Epicureans also used the atomist theories of Democritus and Leucippus to assert that man has free will. (18 words)
Atomist school The first explicitly materialistic system was formed by Leucippus (5th century BCE) and his pupil Democritus of Abdera (460-370 BCE) from Thrace. (25 words)
Like Democritus, he was an atomist, believing that the fundamental constituents of the world were indivisible little bits of matter ( atoms ; Greek: ἄτομος atomos, "indivisible") flying through empty space (Greek: κενόν kenon). (32 words)
Nancey Murphy has claimed that there are two species of ontological reductionism: one that denies that wholes are anything more than their parts; and the stronger thesis of atomist reductionism that wholes are not "really real". (36 words)
Like Democritus, he was an atomist, believing that the fundamental constituents of the world were indivisible little bits of matter ( atoms ; Greek: ἄτομος atomos, "indivisible") flying through empty space (Greek: κενόν kenon). (32 words)
Atomist school The first explicitly materialistic system was formed by Leucippus (5th century BCE) and his pupil Democritus of Abdera (460-370 BCE) from Thrace. (25 words)
Example sentences (4)
Atomist school The first explicitly materialistic system was formed by Leucippus (5th century BCE) and his pupil Democritus of Abdera (460-370 BCE) from Thrace.
Like Democritus, he was an atomist, believing that the fundamental constituents of the world were indivisible little bits of matter ( atoms ; Greek: ἄτομος atomos, "indivisible") flying through empty space (Greek: κενόν kenon).
Nancey Murphy has claimed that there are two species of ontological reductionism: one that denies that wholes are anything more than their parts; and the stronger thesis of atomist reductionism that wholes are not "really real".
The Epicureans also used the atomist theories of Democritus and Leucippus to assert that man has free will.