Opposing or rejecting mechanistic philosophy, which explains natural processes purely through mechanical causes and laws.
From antimechanist + -ic (adjective suffix). The form developed alongside philosophical debates questioning mechanical reductionism in science.
'Antimechanistic' became the banner word for 20th-century scientists studying organisms as wholes rather than just collections of chemical reactions—anticipating modern systems biology by decades.
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