[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

atomism \at"omism\, n. cf. f. atomisme.
   the doctrine of atoms. see atomic philosophy, under
   atomic.
   1913 webster
see also:
atomic philosophy atomic 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

atomism
     n 1: psychology a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to
          simple elements sensations and feelings that form
          complex ideas by association
     2: chemistry any theory in which all matter is composed of
        tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles;
        "the ancient greek philosophers democritus and epicurus
        held atomic theories of the universe" syn: atomic theory,
         atomist theory, atomistic theory ant: holism
see also:
atomic theory atomist theory atomistic theory holism 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

114 moby thesaurus words for "atomism":
   aristotelianism, berkeleianism, bohr theory, bradleianism,
   cynicism, cyrenaic hedonism, cyrenaicism, dirac theory,
   epicureanism, fichteanism, hegelianism, heideggerianism,
   heracliteanism, herbartianism, humism, kantianism, leibnizianism,
   marxism, mimamsa, neo-hegelianism, neo-pythagoreanism,
   neoplatonism, peripateticism, platonism, purva mimamsa, pyrrhonism,
   pythagoreanism, sankhya, schellingism, scotism, socratism, sophism,
   sophistry, spencerianism, stoicism, thomism, acosmism, agnosticism,
   animalism, animatism, animism, behaviorism, commonsense realism,
   correspondence principle, cosmotheism, criticism, deism,
   dialectical materialism, dualism, earthliness, eclecticism, egoism,
   empiricism, epiphenomenalism, ethics, eudaemonism, existentialism,
   hedonism, historical materialism, humanism, hylomorphism,
   hylotheism, hylozoism, idealism, immaterialism, individualism,
   intuitionism, law of parity, materialism, mechanism, mentalism,
   monism, mysticism, natural realism, naturalism, neocriticism,
   new realism, nominalism, octet theory, ontologism, ontology,
   optimism, organic mechanism, organicism, panpsychism, pantheism,
   pessimism, physicalism, physicism, pluralism, positive philosophy,
   positivism, pragmaticism, pragmatism, psychism,
   psychological hedonism, quantum theory, rationalism, realism,
   representative realism, secular humanism, secularism, semiotic,
   semiotics, sensationalism, skepticism, substantialism, syncretism,
   temporality, theism, transcendentalism, utilitarianism,
   voluntarism, worldliness

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