scientism
The English word “scientism” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- The belief that the scientific method and the assumptions and research methods of the physical sciences are applicable to all other disciplines (such as the humanities and social sciences), or that those other disciplines are not as valuable.
- The belief that all truth is exclusively discovered through science.
- A pseudoscience.
Etymology
From scient- (in either Classical Latin scientia or scientific) + -ism. Compare scientist.
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More English words
- scientifictionally
- scientifictionist
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- scientify
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- scientistic
- scientistical
- scientistically
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