scientistic

[ sahy-uhn-tis-tik ]

adjective

1. characterized by or having an exaggerated belief in the principles and methods of science.
2. of, relating to, or characterized by scientism.

Other Words From

• scien·tisti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of scientistic¹

First recorded in 1875–80; scientist + -ic

Example Sentences

From a scientistic perspective, bitterness is perceived by one of the taste bud receptors at the back of our mouths, per Dorsey, which may have developed as a protective mechanism to prevent people from consuming anything poisonous or harmful.

From Salon

With a prediction in hand, scientistic can verify its accuracy relatively quickly.

From New York Times

Richard Just’s Nov. 8 Washington Post Magazine essay, “God save America,” began with a beautiful poem about the mystery of religion and continued immediately afterward into a tired trope about how the world has “become too scientistic and drab.”

From Washington Post

The same logic has led him to conclude that climate modelers are no more than “soothsayers” for our “scientistic era” and that their dire predictions are mostly just an attempt to expiate our intense but irrational feelings of guilt.

From New York Times

Thus, step by scientistic step, IQ was converted from a measure of a given child’s past performance to a predictor of any child’s future performance.

From Nature