Dictionary Check: atomism
"atomism" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
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
Example:
"the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe"
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