created sense approved 机械论/機械論 · jīxièlùn · mechanism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
机械论 / 機械論
jīxièlùn
mechanism
The philosophical theory that all natural processes and the universe itself can be explained by physical laws and matter alone, without any ultimate purpose or spiritual agency
机械 (literal) → 机械/機械 · jīxiè · machinery; mechanical 论 (literal) → 论/論 · lùn · theory
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