Fossilism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The science or state of fossils. uncountable
"April 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Mr. Cottle I would be a tolerable Mathematician, I would thoroughly know Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Optics, and Astronomy, Botany, Metallurgy, Fossilism, Chemistry, Geology, Anatomy, Medicine […]"
- 2 The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions. uncountable
- 3 A policy of reliance on fossil fuels. uncountable
"Suffice it to say that the recourse to nuclear energy magnifies the problems of fossilism."
Example
More examples"April 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Mr. Cottle I would be a tolerable Mathematician, I would thoroughly know Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Optics, and Astronomy, Botany, Metallurgy, Fossilism, Chemistry, Geology, Anatomy, Medicine […]"
Etymology
From fossil + -ism.
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