Sciengion

A contraction of “science” and “religion,” used to describe science functioning as a religion in practice: complete with dogma, moral authority, rituals (lab coats, conferences), and a cosmology (the universe as a set of discoverable laws). Sciengion is not a pejorative but a descriptor for when the cultural institution of science takes on the social role of religion—providing meaning, explaining origins, dictating morals, and demanding allegiance. It highlights the structural similarities between secular scientific communities and religious traditions.

Example: “The online community treated evolutionary biology as sciengion: any doubt was heresy, and scientists were prophets. They were doing religion while denying it.”

Sciengion by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 23, 2026

Organized Sciengion

The institutional form of sciengion—science as an organized religion with hierarchical structures (research institutions, funding bodies, elite journals), formalized rituals (peer review, conference presentations, grant panels), and excommunication mechanisms (retractions, denial of tenure, shunning of “denialists”). On the internet and social media, organized sciengion manifests in communities that enforce orthodoxy, celebrate “science communicators” as clergy, and treat mainstream consensus as infallible doctrine. It turns science into a centralized authority system, often losing sight of its fallible, provisional, pluralistic nature.

Example: “The subreddit had a list of banned topics, a list of approved sources, and a rota of designated explainers—Organized Sciengion, complete with dogma and hierarchy.”

Organized Sciengion by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 23, 2026

Scientian

A student or any member of the Quezon City Science High School community. The school is located at the heart of Quezon City and is recognized as one of the country's premiere science high school.

Scientians are chosen to represent the country on bi-annual International Science Symposium.

Scientian by Σf(x) December 23, 2021

Sciencing 

Sciencing is the act of doing science or SCIENCE! or even using scientific instruments for non-scientific (or non-SCIENCE!ific) purposes.

"I’m sciencing as fast as I can!"
- Professor Farnsworth, Benders Big Score.

Sciencing by Mike_gw September 2, 2010

Sciencing 

When someone inserts phrases or words similar or sound that sound scientific so people think they are smart but really they have no god damn clue what they are talking about cause they don't know what science even is -Alexandrasej

Keandre: Look at them lights they look like a spine with osteoporosis.
Rakel: Bih stop sciencing we get it you finna be smart even tho you don't even know what science is smh.

Sciencing by Alexandrasej January 25, 2017

Scinging

The action of singing yet screaming at the same time

“Wanna hear me scring?”
“Sure”
“Yay you’re scinging”

Scinging by bingobongo April 20, 2019

sciencing 

The rapid collaboration of scientific data, under extreme pretences and or life threatening situations. Often attributed to senile old men in particularly disadvantageous occasions that frequently yell, ‘Good News everyone..’

Hubert Farnsworth: ‘ I’m sciencing as fast as I can’
‘My ass is on fire, and I’m handling volatile chemicals, probably should be sciencing a little better’

sciencing by fuckattude January 23, 2015