What is "anatomism"

Anatomism \A*nat"o*mism\, n. [Cf. F. anatomisme.]

1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.

   The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e., the French] great figure painters.
   --The London Spectator.

2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.

n. 1 The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. 2 The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.