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- noun Excessive reliance on or use of facts and figures that can be derived using statistical or mathematical procedures
- noun The inappropriate application of such processes, especially in anthropology and sociology.
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I noticed the preceding word, quantophrenia, which is defined as "A term used for an obsession with and exaggerated reliance upon mathematical methods or results, especially in research connected with the social sciences."
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