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mechanistic

/ˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
mech-a-nis-tic
IPA
/ˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine.

adj

Predetermined by, or as if by, a mechanism.

adj

Having a physical or biological cause.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)der. New Latin mechanismuslbor. English mechan(ism) ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English mechanistic From mechan(ism) + -istic.

Inflected Forms

more mechanistic (comparative) most mechanistic (superlative)

Derived Forms

antimechanistic biomechanistic mechanistically multimechanistic neuromechanistic nonmechanistic pathomechanistic unmechanistic

Rhymes With

artistic realistic characteristic optimistic linguistic mystic unrealistic ballistic statistic autistic futuristic holistic

Questions

How do you pronounce mechanistic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/.
What does mechanistic mean?
Having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine.
Where does mechanistic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)der. New Latin mechanismuslbor. English mechan(ism) ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English mechanistic From mechan(ism) + -istic.

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