Mechanist

//ˈmɛk.ə.nɪst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who takes a mechanical view; someone who subscribes to mechanism.

    "The economic spirit of a people cannot be manipulated in as simple-minded a fashion as the Keynesian mechanists imagine."

  2. 2
    a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism wordnet
  3. 3
    A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics. archaic

Synonyms

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adherentmarxistmaterialisticmechanicalistmechanisticnaturalistic

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"The economic spirit of a people cannot be manipulated in as simple-minded a fashion as the Keynesian mechanists imagine."

Etymology

From mechanism + -ist.

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