systematismn.
/ˈsɪstᵻmətɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈsɪstəməˌtɪzəm/ The practice of systematizing, esp. to excess; adherence to a system or systems.
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the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > giving orderly structure to something > systematizing > practice of or addiction to
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1803 Christian Observer Feb. 70/2 The ruling prejudices and deep-rooted systematism of the reader.
1848 W. H. Mill Five Serm. ii. 48 We see harmoniously combined those several aspects of the same great object, in which modern systematism sees only elements of contradiction.
1859 New Amer. Cycl. VI. 257/1 He [sc. Dante] combines the..more abstract religious sentiment of the Teutonic races with the scientific precision and absolute systematism of the Romanic.
1943 E. Berkovits Towards Hist. Judaism v. 61 The system of the Talmud is utterly strange to anyone who is accustomed to modern systematism.
1964 Mod. Law Rev. 27 324 To define the scope of review on habeas corpus as a collateral attack contingent upon the nullity of this decision challenged is to force an historical and unclassifiable remedy into the moulds of rational systematism.
2003 German Q. 76 239/2 What supports its rigorous systematism—which is the volume's strength as well as its weakness—is a set of preestablished topics, a kind of grid that is superimposed on each philosopher.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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