fossilism

noun3

1. •
   The science or state of fossils.

   • April 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Mr. Cottle I would be a tolerable Mathematician, I would thoroughly know Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Optics, and Astronomy, Botany, Metallurgy, Fossilism, Chemistry, Geology, Anatomy, Medicine […]
2. •
   A policy of reliance on fossil fuels.

   • Suffice it to say that the recourse to nuclear energy magnifies the problems of fossilism. — 1998
3. •
   The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.