scientizationn.
/ˌsʌɪəntʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsaɪən(t)əˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌsaɪənˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action of making scientific; the result of this.
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the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > giving orderly structure to something > organizing on scientific principles
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > making scientific
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1895 F. Hall in Academy 23 Feb. 171/1 Who knows that..it [sc. the word ‘scientist’] may not get to be ambitiously propagative, engendering, to become radicated in usage, scientism, scientists, scientistically, scientisticalness, scientize, scientizing, scientizingly, and scientization?
1903 W. M. Bowack Another View Industrialism xxxiv. 394 Life is a slow unfolding, we believe an evolution of purpose. It is through the scientisation of this evolution that man comes to know himself.
1970 J. J. Shapiro tr. J. Habermas Toward Rational Society v. 62 The scientization of politics is not yet a reality, but it is a real tendency.
2010 P. J. Weindling John W. Thompson i. 5 The twentieth century brought social upheavals on an unprecedented scale with..the scientization of racial prejudice and genocide.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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