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Fossilism

Fossilism \Fos"sil*ism\, n.

  1. The science or state of fossils.
    --Coleridge.

  2. The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.

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fossilism

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