Etymology

scientistic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, advocating, or acting in accordance with scientism. Full definition →

English scientism ← Middle French scientifique ← Medieval Latin scientificus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  3. Latinsciō
  4. Latinsciēns
  5. Classical Latinscientia
  6. Latinscientia
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. Proto-Italic*θakos
  9. Medieval Latinscientificus
  10. Middle Frenchscientifique
  11. Englishscientific
  12. Englishscientism
  13. English todayscientistic

From scientism + -istic.

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