Anatomism \A*nat"o*mism\, n. [Cf. F. anatomisme.]
1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
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The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e.,
the French] great figure painters. --The London
Spectator.
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2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all
the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.
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