predictionismn.
/prᵻˈdɪkʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /priˈdɪkʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /prəˈdɪkʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Belief in the possibility or efficacy of prediction.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > belief in
predictionism1919
1919 P. H. Osmond Mystical Poets Eng. Church vii. 215 He was a ‘crank’, dominated by extravagant notions—a victim of Predictionism and credulity.
1943 Mind 52 200 The immediate issue is not Behaviourism but Predictionism, the doctrine which Professor C. I. Lewis so well sets out.
1993 Sci. & Public Affairs Winter 46/3 The certainties of Newtonian celestial mechanics were a triumph for ‘predictionism’ which..made prediction the test for the ‘laws’ of science in the popular mind.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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