Definition of "fossilism" in Englisch

noun

1. The science or state of fossils.

   • 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 […]

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

3. A policy of reliance on fossil fuels.