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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The state of being fossil; the character of a fossil, in any sense of that word. Also fossility.
  2. n. The scientific study of fossils; paleontology. Also called fossilogy, fossilology.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The science or state of fossils.
  2. n. The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The science or state of fossils.
  2. n. The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.

Etymologies

  1. fossil +‎ -ism (Wiktionary)

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  • “According to Altvater, "fossilism" sets the foundation for the financial markets and is marked by the informalization and deregulation of labor.”

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  • “The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable, to counterbalance the inertness and fossilism making so large a part of human institutions.”

    Collect ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose

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  1. fossility
  1. fossilogy
  1. fossilology

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