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noun - (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association
noun - (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles
The ancient theory of Democritus, Epicurus, and Lucretius, according to which simple, minute, indivisible, and indestructible particles are the basic components of the entire universe.
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| Sep 25 2011 L.A. Times Sunday |
| Dec 10 2005 L.A. Times Daily |
| Jan 12 2003 New York Times |
| Aug 3 2002 The Times - Cryptic |
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| a theoretical approach that regards something as interpretable through analysis into distinct, separable, and independent elementary components. |
| A theoretical approach that regards something as interpretable through analysis into distinct, separable, and independent elementary components. |
| Philosophy The ancient theory of Democritus, Epicurus, and Lucretius, according to which simple, minute, indivisible, and indestructible particles are the basic components of the entire universe. |
| Philosophy A theory according to which social institutions, values, and processes arise solely from the acts and interests of individuals, who thus constitute the only true subject of analysis. |
| (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles |
| (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association |
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Atomism (from Greek , atomon, i.e. "uncuttable", "indivisible") is a natural philosophy that developed in several ancient traditions. The atomists theorized that nature consists of two fundamental principles: atom and void. Unlike their modern scientific namesake in atomic theory, philosophical atoms come in an infinite variety of shapes and sizes, each indestructible, immutable and surrounded by a void where they collide with the others or hook together forming a cluster. Clusters of different shapes, arrangements, and positions give rise to the various macroscopic substances in the world.References to the concept of atomism and its atoms are found in both Greek and Indian antiquity: * In India the Charvaka, Jain, and Ajivika schools of atomism originated as early as the 7th century BCE. Bhattacharya posits that Charvaka may have been one of several atheistic, materialist schools that existed in ancient India. * The Nyaya and Vaisheshika schools later developed theories on how atoms co |