mechanistic
adjective
mech·a·nis·tic
ˌme-kə-ˈni-stik 
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According to the researchers, their study provides one of the clearest mechanistic links yet between the gestational environment, epigenetic changes, and psychiatric disorders.
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New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
The image of the scales of justice depicts the need to balance the evidence and arguments of opposing views fairly and impartially, suggesting a more mechanistic approach to justice that involves calculation and balance.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Perhaps too easy: Covino’s technique, for all its finesse, has a mechanistic quality that soon turns deadening.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
This is based on mechanistic theories including low-grade inflammation and immune dysregulation.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
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New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
The image of the scales of justice depicts the need to balance the evidence and arguments of opposing views fairly and impartially, suggesting a more mechanistic approach to justice that involves calculation and balance.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Perhaps too easy: Covino’s technique, for all its finesse, has a mechanistic quality that soon turns deadening.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
This is based on mechanistic theories including low-grade inflammation and immune dysregulation.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mechanistic
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“Mechanistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mechanistic. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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