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sci·en·tism    Audio Help   [sahy-uhn-tiz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the style, assumptions, techniques, practices, etc., typifying or regarded as typifying scientists.
2.the belief that the assumptions, methods of research, etc., of the physical and biological sciences are equally appropriate and essential to all other disciplines, including the humanities and the social sciences.
3.scientific or pseudoscientific language.

[Origin: 1875–80; scient(ist) + -ism]
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sci·en·tism    Audio Help   (sī'ən-tĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The collection of attitudes and practices considered typical of scientists.
  2. The belief that the investigative methods of the physical sciences are applicable or justifiable in all fields of inquiry.

sci'en·tis'tic adj.
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