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THE word “scientist” is, in itself, neither better nor worse than dentist, oculist, socialist, or violinist. It would be pedantic, at the present day, to object to it merely on the ground that it begins in one language and ends in another. If it were a new word, introduced for the sake of brevity and convenience by some respectable writer, I should have little objection to it; I should be reluctant to use it myself, but I should not dream of objecting to its use by others.
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THOMPSON, D. The Word “Scientist” or its Substitute. Nature 114, 824 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114824c0
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