Mechanism

Mechanism may refer to:


 * Mechanism (economics), a set of rules for a game designed to achieve a certain outcome
 * Mechanism design, the study of such mechanisms
 * Mechanism (engineering), rigid bodies connected by joints in order to accomplish a desired force and/or motion transmission
 * Mechanism (biology), explaining how a feature is created
 * Mechanism (philosophy), a theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes
 * Mechanism (sociology), a theory that all social phenomena can be explained by the existence of a deterministic mechanism

Arts, films, and music

 * "The Mechanism", song by Disclosure
 * "Mechanism", song by Front Line Assembly from WarMech
 * The Mechanism (TV series), a Netflix TV series