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statisticism en · NOUN

Etymology

From statistic + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Excessive reliance on statistics.
    • Perhaps more troubling, though, is that even those sociologists who claim to be sensitive to the dangers of statisticism fall victim to it anyway. 2011, Ieva Zake, Michael DeCesare, New Directions in Sociology, page 151: