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scienˈtificism rare. [f. scientific a. + -ism.] Analysis or explanation which only admits what is considered to be scientifically demonstrable.
c1875W. James in R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. of W. James (1935) I. 523 In a rough way materialism or ‘scientificism’ gratifies no. (1) [sc. an explanation of things by their cause]. 1884― Will to Believe (1897) 165 Subjectivism has three great branches,—we may call them scientificism, sentimentalism, and sensualism, respectively. |