25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Mechanist \Mech"an*ist\, noun

1. A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.

2. One who regards the phenomena of nature as the effects of forces merely mechanical.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

mechanist

noun: a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism
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