Eliminativomania

An obsessive, fanatical version of eliminativication, where the eliminator actively tries to purge all non‑scientific concepts from language, thought, and culture. Eliminativomania is common in online rationalist communities, where participants are encouraged to stop using words like “meaning,” “purpose,” or “free will” as if they were viruses. Critics argue that this is impossible to live by: even the most ardent eliminativomaniac still uses folk psychology to navigate traffic, relationships, and coffee orders. It is a performative contradiction.

Eliminativomania Example: “The eliminativomaniac tried to purge ‘love’ from his vocabulary, replacing it with ‘attachment behavior.’ His partner left him. He had eliminated the referent, not just the word.”

Eliminativomania by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal June 6, 2026