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What is another word for Corpuscularian?

Pronunciation: [kɔːpˈʌskjʊlˈe͡əɹi͡ən] (IPA)

Corpuscularian is a term used to describe someone who believed in the theory that all matter consists of small particles. There are several synonyms that can be used in place of this word, including atomist, materialist, and particulate theorist. Atomist refers to the belief that matter is made up of discrete, indivisible particles. Materialist refers to someone who believes that physical matter is the only reality and that everything, including consciousness, can be explained through the properties and interactions of matter. Finally, particulate theorist refers to the belief that matter is composed of particles that can be studied and analyzed to understand the properties of different substances.
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2. When I apply'd my Self to consider, how the cause of Whiteness might be explan'd by Intelligible and Mechanical Principles, I remembred not to have met with any thing among the Antient Corpuscularian Philosophers, touching the Quality we call Whiteness, save that Democritus is by Aristotle said to have ascrib'd the Whiteness of Bodies to their Smoothness, and on the contrary their Blackness to their Asperity.
"Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)"
Robert Boyle

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