scientistic

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English

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Etymology

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From scientism +‎ -istic.

Adjective

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scientistic (comparative more scientistic, superlative most scientistic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, advocating, or acting in accordance with scientism.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 87:
      Scientific models and scientistic myths are not seaworthy craft because they take as their premise that they are adequate for all circumstances; they assume that reality is knowable, quantifiable, and describable in their notation.

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