significs
/sɪɡˈnɪfɪks/noun
A proposed scientific discipline and educational method based upon the importance of realizing the exact significance of terms and conceptions, and their influence on thought and life.
- Introduced by Lady Welby (1837–1912) in the late 19th cent., significs later became the focus of research in the Netherlands, after it attracted the attention of the Dutch psychiatrist Frederik van Eeden (1860–1932)..
Origin
Late 19th century. From signific-: see -ic.