Newtonianismn.
/njᵿˈtəʊnɪənɪz(ə)m/, /njuːˈtəʊnɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /n(j)uˈtoʊniəˌnɪz(ə)m/ The Newtonian system of physics; (in extended use) a philosophical approach based on that of Newton, or formed by analogy with his system of physics, typically emphasizing the role of laws and predictable order in the universe, and of experiment and observation in the discovery of truth. Also: the fact or quality of being Newtonian.
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Newtonianism1814
Ptolemaism?1832
nebular hypothesis1833
nebular theory1846
Copernicanism1858
nebulous theory1860
nebula hypothesis1892
Velikovskyism1972
Velikovskianism1978
1814 T. Jefferson Let. 10 Feb. in Writings (1984) 1326 Christianity and Newtonianism being reason and verity itself, in the opinion of all but infidels and Cartesians, they are protected under the wings of the common law from the dominion of other sects.
1848 Biblical Repertory 20 567 Hegel was early instructed in Newtonianism, but his subsequent idealism made it impossible for him to explain the heavenly motions by the limitations of finite mechanics.
1890 Athenæum 19 July 92/2 [Mercier] declared Newtonianism to be the ‘most absurd scientific extravagance that has ever issued from the human imagination’.
1921 Philos. Rev. 30 383 Bentham introduced Newtonianism in morality; his followers..naturally modelled their social science upon the principles of their master.
1957 Midwest Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 1 253 Woodrow Wilson appears to have been the first to draw attention to the Newtonianism of the American Constitution.
1992 Isis 83 137/1 The primary topics are..the relationship between Newton and Halley, Halley's voyages to collect astronomical and geographical data, and, most of all, Comet Halley as a vector for Newtonianism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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