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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or having to do with atoms or atomism.
  • adjective Consisting of many separate, often disparate elements.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to atomism or the atomists.
  • Consisting of atoms.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism.
  • adjective divided into separate and often disparate elements; -- the opposite of holistic.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism
  • adjective Divided into separate elements; not holistic
  • adjective economics (said of a market) divided such that no single actor can noticeably affect market-wide values such as the price; competitive

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  • adjective divided into separate and often disparate elements

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Examples

  • This doctrine which I call atomistic and which appears to be anti-historical, reveals from under a concealing cloak a strongly materialistic nature.

    Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado Various

  • Here, Norton (2001) objects to an "atomistic" bias of western culture towards objects.

    Biodiversity Faith, Daniel P. 2007

  • The danger is therefore not application of technology for the objective but "atomistic" nature of "man".

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009

  • The danger is therefore not application of technology for the objective but "atomistic" nature of "man".

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009

  • The danger is therefore not application of technology for the objective but "atomistic" nature of "man".

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009

  • The danger is therefore not application of technology for the objective but "atomistic" nature of "man".

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009

  • In microeconomics, in the course of teaching about the theory of the firm, I must lead students to an understanding that the beauty and purity of Adam Smith's paradigm of free markets simply does not apply to most situations because the very force of greed that makes capitalism such a powerful engine of innovation and efficiency is also, concomitantly, the force that ultimately wrecks the "atomistic" model of competitive forces that allow prices to form by a natural process not under the control of any one agent or group of agents.

    The Dark Wraith Forums 2008

  • In microeconomics, in the course of teaching about the theory of the firm, I must lead students to an understanding that the beauty and purity of Adam Smith's paradigm of free markets simply does not apply to most situations because the very force of greed that makes capitalism such a powerful engine of innovation and efficiency is also, concomitantly, the force that ultimately wrecks the "atomistic" model of competitive forces that allow prices to form by a natural process not under the control of any one agent or group of agents.

    The Dark Wraith Forums 2008

  • In microeconomics, in the course of teaching about the theory of the firm, I must lead students to an understanding that the beauty and purity of Adam Smith's paradigm of free markets simply does not apply to most situations because the very force of greed that makes capitalism such a powerful engine of innovation and efficiency is also, concomitantly, the force that ultimately wrecks the "atomistic" model of competitive forces that allow prices to form by a natural process not under the control of any one agent or group of agents.

    Big Brass Blog 2008

  • In microeconomics, in the course of teaching about the theory of the firm, I must lead students to an understanding that the beauty and purity of Adam Smith's paradigm of free markets simply does not apply to most situations because the very force of greed that makes capitalism such a powerful engine of innovation and efficiency is also, concomitantly, the force that ultimately wrecks the "atomistic" model of competitive forces that allow prices to form by a natural process not under the control of any one agent or group of agents.

    The Dark Wraith Forums 2008

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