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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The astronomical theory of Copernicus; that is, the doctrine that the earth and all the planets (except the moon and telescopic satellites discovered since the enunciation of the doctrine) revolve round the Sun.
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The argument is silly, for it taken seriously we must consider atomism and copernicanism as merely ideology as well, and in the process surrender all of science to the true ideologues.
Intelligent Thought: Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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