The practice, philosophy, or principles of creating or organizing encyclopedias; encyclopedic approach to knowledge (American English spelling).
American English variant from encyclopedia + -ism. Both British encyclopaedism and American encyclopedism refer to the same Enlightenment-era philosophy of systematic knowledge organization.
The spirit of encyclopedism still lives—Wikipedia represents a democratic version where millions collaborate instead of a few elite scholars with royal patronage.
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