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speculativism

noun

Etymology

From speculative + -ism.

  1. derived from speculor
  2. derived from speculativus
  3. derived from speculatif
  4. inherited from speculatyf
  5. suffixed as speculativism — “speculative + ism”

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for speculativism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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