atomism

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
atomism/ˈatəmɪzəm/

▶noun chiefly Philosophy a theoretical approach that regards something as interpretable through analysis into distinct, separable, and independent elementary components. The opposite of holism.

– derivatives
atomist noun,
atomistic adjective.

'atomism' also found in these Oxford entries:

holism - logical atomism

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