Baconism (ba konizm)

[ These societies are schools of Baconism, designed to embody all that was of value in the thought and spirit of Bacon namely, a protest against traditional authority in science, of course, a recommendation and of the inductive sciences for their value in the arts of life. Wright. baconize (bā'kon-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. bacon ized, ppr. bacon i zing. [