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scientizing

scientizing is the present participle and gerund of scientize.

Meaning of scientize

Verb

scientize (third-person singular simple present scientizes, present participle scientizing, simple past and past participle scientized)

  1. (transitive) To make scientific.
    • So far, I have argued that attempts in the 20th century to scientize the humanities wound up putting them at risk.1996, Henry J. Perkinson, No safety in numbers, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    scientificize

Questions about scientizing

What is scientizing the present participle and gerund of?
Scientizing is the present participle and gerund of scientize.

Words near scientizing in the dictionary

  1. scientistically
  2. scientists
  3. scientize
  4. scientized
  5. scientizes
  6. scientizing
  7. sciento-
  8. scientocracies
  9. scientocracy
  10. scientocrat
  11. scientocratic

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