scientistic

American  

[sahy-uhn-tis-tik] / ˌsaɪ ənˈtɪs tɪk /

adjective

1. characterized by or having an exaggerated belief in the principles and methods of science.

2. of, relating to, or characterized by scientism.

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Other Word Forms

• scientistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of scientistic

First recorded in 1875–80; scientist + -ic

Example Sentences

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 • Oct. 7, 2019

You see the value of avoiding scientism, but you read Pinker as scientistic.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2018

The educated class of Victorian England went wild for fairies and spirits in the heyday of scientistic optimism, and both Vallée and von Däniken offered up their books amid the Age of Aquarius’s similar craze.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2017

I want today to begin by explaining how some of the gravest errors of recent economic policy are a direct consequence of this scientistic error.

From Forbes • May 30, 2014

With varying degrees of success, Marx sought to accommodate his initial Hegelian presuppositions to this more scientistic era, beginning with applying the dialectic to Darwinism.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2013