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]