mech‧a‧nis‧tic /ˌmekəˈnɪstɪk◂/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: machine, machinery, machinist, mechanic, mechanics, mechanism, mechanization; adjective: mechanical, mechanized, mechanistic; verb: machine, mechanize; adverb: mechanically, mechanistically]
tending to explain the behaviour of things in the natural world as if they were machines:
a mechanistic view of the universe
—mechanistically /-kli/ adverb

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