[f. as prec.] Excessive exercise of, or leaning towards, speculation.
1865. Spect., 30 Sept., 1094. The characteristic of the sixteenth century was a speculativism alike in thought and action, rather than earnest faith and resolute deed.
1878. Pop. Sci. Monthly, July, 269. Built on the quicksand of æsthetics and speculativism which was quickly swept away by the tide of barbarian invasion.
