scientistic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, advocating, or acting in accordance with scientism.
Example Sentences
- "Scientific models and scientistic myths are not seaworthy craft because they take as their premise that they are adequate for all circumstances; they assume that reality is knowable, quantifiable, and describable in their notation."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Classical Latin scientia ▲ Latin scientia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Medieval Latin scientificusder. Middle French scientifiquebor. English scientific Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English scientism ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English scientistic From scientism + -istic.
Inflected Forms
more scientistic (comparative)
most scientistic (superlative)