scientistic

scientistic

English

Etymology

    From scientism + -istic.

    Adjective

    scientistic (comparative more scientistic, superlative most scientistic)

    1. Of, pertaining to, advocating, or acting in accordance with scientism.
      Coordinate terms: scientific, pseudoscientific, sciolistic
      • 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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