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SCIENTISM
Definition of SCIENTISM
noun
The belief that the scientific method and the assumptions and research methods of the physical sciences are applicable to all other disciplines (such as the humanities and social sciences), or that those other disciplines are not as valuable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scient- (in either Classical Latin scientia or scientific) + -ism. Compare scientist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCIENTISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCIENTISM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMNSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and I appear more than once.
Words that start SCIENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCIENTISM?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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