mechanistic
mecha|nis|tic /m'ekən'ɪstɪk/
[ADJ]
If you describe a view or explanation of something as mechanistic, you are criticizing it because it describes a natural or social process as if it were a machine.
...a mechanistic view of things that ignores the emotional realities in people's lives...
Most of my colleagues in biology are still very mechanistic in their thinking.
[ADJ]
If you describe a view or explanation of something as mechanistic, you are criticizing it because it describes a natural or social process as if it were a machine.
...a mechanistic view of things that ignores the emotional realities in people's lives...
Most of my colleagues in biology are still very mechanistic in their thinking.