Baconian

American  

[bey-koh-nee-uhn] / beɪˈkoʊ ni ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.

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noun

1. an adherent of the Baconian philosophy.

Baconian British  

/ beɪˈkəʊnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning

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noun

1. a follower of Bacon's philosophy

2. one who believes that plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by Bacon

Other Word Forms

• Baconianism
  noun
• Baconism
  noun
• anti-Baconian
  adjective
• pre-Baconian
  adjective
• pro-Baconian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Baconian

First recorded in 1805–15; Bacon + -ian

Example Sentences

It’s finished in a louring Baconian grey, the colour of a hospital gurney.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2016

So too had Baconian natural philosophy and the broad effect of skepticism toward the claims of scholastics.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2015

Among the contenders for the method, the Baconian method involved cataloguing many experiences of phenomena, then figuring out how to classify them.

From Scientific American • Mar. 5, 2013

But those aside, Jefferson possessed a resplendently Baconian intellect, a mind with all its windows open.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the Baconian system can be summed up in a sentence, it is that science must be built on the foundations provided by facts—a lesson that Boyle very much took to heart.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin