Definition of scientism - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

misapplicationapplication of scientific methods to inappropriate fields

The scientism in economics often overlooks human elements..

over-relianceexcessive belief in the power of scientific knowledge

His faith in scientism made him dismiss other ways of understanding..

dogmatism

positivism

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Origin of scientism

English, science (knowledge) + ism (doctrine)

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scientistic

adj.

philosophy

relating to or advocating scientism

Examples of scientism in a sentence

Critics argue that scientism can dehumanize social sciences.
Scientism led him to ignore philosophical arguments.
Her scientism was evident in every debate.

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French:scientisme, ...
German:Szientismus, ...
Italian:scientismo, ...
Spanish:cientificismo, cientismo, ...
Portuguese:cientificismo, ...
Chinese:科学主义, 科学至上主义, ...
Japanese:科学主義, 科学万能主義, ...
Arabic:العلموية, ...
Hebrew:סְיֶנְטִיזְם, מַדְעָנוּת, ...
Russian:научничество, сциентизм, ...
Ukrainian:науковий підхід, науковість, ...
Hindi:वैज्ञानिकतावाद, विज्ञान की शक्ति में अत्यधिक विश्वास, ...
Bengali:বিজ্ঞানবাদ, ...
Catalan:cientisme, ...
Czech:scientismus, ...
Danish:scientisme, ...
Dutch:wetenschapsverheerlijking, wetenschappisme, ...
Greek:επιστημονισμός, ...
Hungarian:szcientizmus, a tudomány mindenhatóságába vetett túlzott hit, ...
Khmer:និន្នាការយកវិធីសាស្ត្រវិទ្យាសាស្ត្រទៅប្រើក្នុងវិស័យមិនសមស្រប, ជំនឿជ្រុលលើអំណាចនៃវិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ, ...
Korean:과학의 오용, 과학주의, ...
Persian:علم‌زدگی, علم‌گرایی افراطی, ...
Polish:scjentyzm, ...
Portuguese (BR):cientificismo, ...
Romanian:aplicare greșită a științei, scientism, ...
Swedish:vetenskaplig överdrift, vetenskapstro, ...
Thai:ลัทธิวิทยาศาสตร์, แนวคิดที่ยกวิทยาศาสตร์เป็นใหญ่, ...
Turkish:bilimselcilik, bilimcilik, ...
Vietnamese:chủ nghĩa khoa học, quan điểm đề cao quá mức tri thức khoa học, ...

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