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speculativism en · NOUN

Etymology

From speculative + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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: