mechanistic

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 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.
    — Such ateleological explanation is what is meant by mechanistic explanation in the broad sense.

词形变化

more mechanistic comparative most mechanistic superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
antimechanistic biomechanistic mechanistically multimechanistic neuromechanistic nonmechanistic pathomechanistic unmechanistic

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.?
Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)der.
New Latin mechanismuslbor.
English mechan(ism)
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Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
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.
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