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metricism

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Etymology

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From metric +‎ -ism.

Noun

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metricism (uncountable)

  1. The use of the metric system.
    • quoted in 1971, Charles F. Treat, A History of the Metric System Controversy in the United States (page 209)
      Thus the literature of metricism is second only to that of socialism, single taxism, and of other fallacies which never lack adherents and advocates.