Etymology

mechanistic

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Today it means: Having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine. Full definition →

English mechan(ism) ← New Latin mechanismu ← Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
  3. New Latinmechanismu
  4. Englishmechan(ism)
  5. English todaymechanistic

From mechan(ism) + -istic.

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