SCIENTISM


Meaning of SCIENTISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsī-ən-ˌti-zəm ]

noun

Date: 1870

1. : methods and attitudes typical of or attributed to the natural scientist

2. : an exaggerated trust in the efficacy of the methods of natural science applied to all areas of investigation (as in philosophy, the social sciences, and the humanities)

• sci·en·tis·tic ˌsī-ən-ˈtis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.