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Meaning of fossilism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The science or state of fossils.
    uncountable
  2. The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.
    uncountable
  3. A policy of reliance on fossil fuels.
    uncountable

Examples

“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 […]”
“Suffice it to say that the recourse to nuclear energy magnifies the problems of fossilism.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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