scientism

/sahy-uhn-tiz-uhm/US // ˈsaɪ ənˌtɪz əm //UK // (ˈsaɪənˌtɪzəm) //

科学主义

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the style, assumptions, techniques, practices, etc., typifying or regarded as typifying scientists.
- : the belief that the assumptions, methods of research, etc., of the physical and biological sciences are equally appropriate and essential to all other disciplines, including the humanities and the social sciences.
- : scientific or pseudoscientific language.

In the reading wars, scientific certainty is often used rhetorically to deny reasonable differences and cut off healthy debate, turning science into scientism.