scientistic
Americanadjective
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characterized by or having an exaggerated belief in the principles and methods of science.
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of, relating to, or characterized by scientism.
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With a prediction in hand, scientistic can verify its accuracy relatively quickly.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
Thus, step by scientistic step, IQ was converted from a measure of a given child’s past performance to a predictor of any child’s future performance.
From Nature ● Oct. 7, 2019
You see the value of avoiding scientism, but you read Pinker as scientistic.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2018
I want today to begin by explaining how some of the gravest errors of recent economic policy are a direct consequence of this scientistic error.
From Forbes ● May 30, 2014
With varying degrees of success, Marx sought to accommodate his initial Hegelian presuppositions to this more scientistic era, beginning with applying the dialectic to Darwinism.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2013
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