Anatomism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anatomism is a noun meaning The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
Meaning
The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
More Meanings
- The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.
- The quality of not being atomic, but rather, being composed ofmultiple separable parts.
Example Sentences
The stretched and vivid anatomism of their great figure painters.
Weak anatomism, however, seems to Fodor and Lepore to be a position they need not bother with.
In the country of its origin (Germany) and in the country of its adoption (America), Gestalt psychology was a reaction against two "-isms": atomism and anatomism.
In terms of the distinction I drew earlier between the possession of generic semantic propertis and the possession of specific semantic properties, I want to say that weak anatomism involves the possession of generic semantic properties; strong anatomism involves the possession of specific semantic properties.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anatomy, anatomist, anthropotomy, pathoanatomist, pathoanatomy, atomology.
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