mechanist

English

Etymology

mechanism +‎ -t

Noun

mechanist (plural mechanists)

1. (philosophy) A person who takes a mechanical view; someone who subscribes to mechanism.
   • 2009 January 16, David Brooks, “An Economy of Faith and Trust”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

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

2. (archaic) A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.

Related terms

• mechanistic
• mechanistically
• mechanism

Anagrams

• Teichmans, anthemics, cantheism