metricism

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noun

The use of the metric system.

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Meanings

nounmetricism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe use of the metric system.

    Thus the literature of metricism is second only to that of socialism, single taxism, and of other fallacies which never lack adherents and advocates.

    quoted in 1971, Charles F. Treat, A History of the Metric System Controversy in the United States (page 209)

Origin

From metric + -ism.

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APA

metricism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metricism

MLA

“metricism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metricism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metricism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metricism.

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