cientificismo
Spanish, noun/θjentifiˈθismo/
cientificismo is spelled C-I-E-N-T-I-F-I-C-I-S-M-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 147,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cientificismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “scientism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Postura reduccionista que afirma la aplicabilidad universal del método y el enfoque científico, y la idea de…”.
What does cientificismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescientism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Postura reduccionista que afirma la aplicabilidad universal del método y el enfoque científico, y la idea de que la ciencia empírica constituye la cosmovisión más acreditada o la parte más valiosa del conocimiento humano, con la exclusión de otros puntos de vista.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cientificismo
- cientificismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cientificismo?
- /θjentifiˈθismo/
- [θjẽn̪.t̪i.fiˈθiz.mo]
- /sjentifiˈsismo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cientificismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cientificismo in Spanish?
cientificismo appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).