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Baconian
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Relating to Francis Bacon's method of scientific reasoning through observation and induction, or to the disputed theory that Bacon authored Shakespeare's plays.
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The scientist praised the professor's rigorously Baconian approach to gathering evidence before forming a theory.
Devotees of the Baconian theory point to alleged hidden codes in the First Folio.
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Named for the philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon, whose inductive method helped shape the modern scientific method.
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2. adjective
Relating to the theory that Francis Bacon wrote the works attributed to Shakespeare.
Baconian scholars have long debated supposed cryptographic clues in the plays.
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