speculativism
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]speculative + -ism
Noun
[edit]speculativism (uncountable)
- An approach based on speculation rather than any formal method.
- 2011, Jan Mulder, Foundations of Axiomatic Linguistics, page 9:
- At any rate, from the point of view of proper science, it marks an important step back, a step towards increased speculativism, the method of the alchemists.