scientistic

American  

[sahy-uhn-tis-tik] / ˌsaɪ ənˈtɪs tɪk /

adjective

1. characterized by or having an exaggerated belief in the principles and methods of science.

2. of, relating to, or characterized by scientism.

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Other Word Forms

• scientistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of scientistic

First recorded in 1875–80; scientist + -ic

Example Sentences

From a scientistic perspective, bitterness is perceived by one of the taste bud receptors at the back of our mouths, per Dorsey, which may have developed as a protective mechanism to prevent people from consuming anything poisonous or harmful.

From Salon

With a prediction in hand, scientistic can verify its accuracy relatively quickly.

From New York Times

Richard Just’s Nov. 8 Washington Post Magazine essay, “God save America,” began with a beautiful poem about the mystery of religion and continued immediately afterward into a tired trope about how the world has “become too scientistic and drab.”

From Washington Post

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

But I think that scholarship has been co-opted toward narrower market ends or "scientistic" ends, as in the game-theorization of political science, which used to be more about the grand and tragic questions of politics …

From Salon