expertism

noun

expertism

noun

Etymology From expert + -ism.

1

Usually A policy of consulting experts.

  • We live under the rule of scientific expertism. The President does not dare send a message to Congress, nor does Congress dare pass a law, without at least going through the motions of consulting scientific experts […]1999, Donald Davidson, Still Rebels, Still Yankees and Other Essays, page 161:

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