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speculativism

speculativism noun: an approach based on speculation rather than any formal method.

Noun

speculativism (uncountable)

  1. An approach based on speculation rather than any formal method.
    • At any rate, from the point of view of proper science, it marks an important step back, a step towards increased speculativism, the method of the alchemists.2011, Jan Mulder, Foundations of Axiomatic Linguistics, page 9

Origin of speculativism

From speculative + -ism.

Questions about speculativism

What does speculativism mean?
Speculativism means an approach based on speculation rather than any formal method.
What part of speech is speculativism?
Speculativism is a noun.

Words near speculativism in the dictionary

  1. speculative philosophies
  2. speculative philosophy
  3. speculative realism
  4. speculatively
  5. speculativeness
  6. speculativism
  7. speculativity
  8. speculator
  9. speculatorial
  10. speculators
  11. speculatory

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