Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
divided into separate and often disparate elements;
[syn: atomistic, atomistical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Atomistic \At`om*is"tic\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
It is the object of the mechanical atomistic
philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis.
--Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
2. divided into separate and often disparate elements; -- the
opposite of holistic.
Syn: atomistical.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
atomistic
adj 1: divided into separate and often disparate elements [syn:
atomistic, atomistical] [ant: holistic]