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Mechanistic

//ˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine.
  2. 2
    Predetermined by, or as if by, a mechanism.
  3. 3
    Having a physical or biological cause.

    "Such ateleological explanation is what is meant by mechanistic explanation in the broad sense."

Adjective
  1. 1
    explained in terms of physical forces wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism wordnet

Etymology

From mechan(ism) + -istic.

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