technismrare—0.|ˈtɛknɪz(ə)m| [f.Gr. τέχνη art, or Eng. techn-ic + -ism; cf.mechanism.] ‘Technicality’ (Webster 1864). So ˈtechnist, one who deals with a subject technically. 1885Nature 5 Feb. 314/2 The light of that comet was of the kind familiarly known among technists as ‘the candle-spectrum’.