mechanistic

1. 1.

   explained in terms of physical forces

   “a mechanistic universe”

   Similarmechanical
2. 2.

   of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism

Questions about mechanistic

What does mechanistic mean?

mechanistic means "explained in terms of physical forces". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mechanistic?

mechanistic has 4 syllables: mec-ha-nis-tic. The stress falls on "nis". In IPA it is /ˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/.

Is mechanistic a common word?

mechanistic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mechanistic?

10 words rhyme with mechanistic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.