mechanist
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɛk.ə.nɪst/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmek.ə.nɪst/
Noun
[edit]mechanist (plural mechanists)
- (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.
- (archaic) A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.