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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. divided into separate and often disparate elements;
[syn: atomistic, atomistical]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Atomistic \At`om*is"tic\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [R.] [1913 Webster] It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 2. divided into separate and often disparate elements; -- the opposite of holistic. Syn: atomistical. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

atomistic adj 1: divided into separate and often disparate elements [syn: atomistic, atomistical] [ant: holistic]