scientificismn.
/ˌsʌɪənˈtɪfᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfəˌsɪz(ə)m/ 1. Somewhat depreciative. Language that is regarded as characteristic of scientists or scientific writing; scientific jargon; an instance of this. rare.
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the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups
indenture Englisha1568
water language1702
jockeyism1802
slum1812
Polari1846
stable-language1856
scientificism1860
water-slang1860
Oxfordish1863
galley-slang1867
pitmatic1885
commercialese1910
legalese1911
academese1917
Hollywoodese1920
businessese1921
Hollywoodism1925
trade unionese1927
advertisingese1929
officese1935
sociologese1940
Whitehallese1940
Newspeak1949
patter1949
Pentagonese1950
educationese1958
computerese1960
managementese1961
spacespeak1963
computer-speak1968
techno-jargon1972
business-speak1973
Eurospeak1975
Euro-jargon1976
technospeak1976
doctorspeak1977
corporate-speak1978
medspeak1979
mellowspeak1979
technobabble1981
teenspeak1982
management-speak1986
codespeak1987
1860 John Bull & Britannia 25 Aug. 539/1 Without any pedantic scientificism, Mr. Buckland has shown how much of amusement, how much of suggestive information, may be attained..without the disagreeable preliminary of putting oneself through a course of the ologies.
1989 L. R. Aiken Assessm. Personality iv. 116 Colloquialisms, clichés, and vulgar expressions are also bad form, as are scientificisms and similar jargon.
2. Belief in or advocacy of science and the scientific method; spec. the theory or belief that all phenomena can be scientifically explained. Cf. scientism n. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] > scientificism or elements of
sciential faithc1454
scientism1871
scientificism1875
1875 W. James MS Ess. & Notes (1988) 296 In a rough way materialism or ‘scientificism’ gratifies no. 1 [sc. an explanation of things by their cause].
1897 W. James Will to Believe 165 Subjectivism has three great branches,—we may call them scientificism, sentimentalism, and sensualism, respectively.
1915 Yale Rev. Oct. 79 Modern scientificism is skeptical enough about spirit, and quite sure about body.
1967 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 July 448/5 Bishop's ‘scientificism’ never suffocated his humanity or..his ‘Englishness’.
2005 Health & Hist. 7 60 The [medical] profession..was gathering more scientific momentum. The language that came with this increased ‘scientificism’ can, to an extent, be revealed in these records.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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