Anatomism

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. uncountable

    "The stretched and vivid anatomism of their great figure painters."

  2. 2
    The quality of not being atomic, but rather, being composed ofmultiple separable parts. uncountable

    "In terms of the distinction I drew earlier between the possession of generic semantic propertis and the possession of specific semantic properties, I want to say that weak anatomism involves the possession of generic semantic properties; strong anatomism involves the possession of specific semantic properties."

  3. 3
    The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life. uncountable

Example

More examples

"The stretched and vivid anatomism of their great figure painters."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From anatomy + -ism.

Etymology 2

From an- + atom + -ism

More for "anatomism"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.