scientistic

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, advocating, or acting in accordance with scientism.

OriginEnglish scientism ← Middle French scientifique ← Medieval Latin scientificus →
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Meanings

adjectivescientistic (comparative more scientistic, superlative most scientistic)

comparative more scientistic · superlative most scientistic

  1. Of, pertaining to, advocating, or acting in accordance with scientism.

    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.

    1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 87

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
scienceyscientistical

Origin

  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. Englishscientistic

From scientism + -istic.

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Translations

French scientiste
  • scientisteTranslations
Italian scientista, scientistico
  • scientistaTranslations
  • scientisticoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

scientistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scientistic

MLA

“scientistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scientistic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scientistic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scientistic.

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