fossilism means the science or state of fossils. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From fossil + -ism.
noun
- The science or state of fossils.“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 […]”
- The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.
- A policy of reliance on fossil fuels.“Suffice it to say that the recourse to nuclear energy magnifies the problems of fossilism.”