atomist
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atomist (plural atomists)
- An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles.
- 2002, Phillip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, published 2004, page 9:
- What distinguished the atomists from their opponents was not the belief in tiny particles that make up matter, but the question of what separated them.
- An adherent of the atomic theory.
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Likely borrowed. Equivalent to atoom + -ist. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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atomist m (plural atomisten)
- (chiefly historical) An atomist.
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Borrowed from French atomiste.
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atomist m or n (feminine singular atomistă, masculine plural atomiști, feminine and neuter plural atomiste)
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Declension of atomist
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indefinite | atomist | atomistă | atomiști | atomiste | ||
definite | atomistul | atomista | atomiștii | atomistele | |||
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indefinite | atomist | atomiste | atomiști | atomiste | ||
definite | atomistului | atomistei | atomiștilor | atomistelor |