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re·li·gion
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noun
the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
"ideas about the relationship between science and religion"
synonyms: faith, belief, worship, creed; More
a particular system of faith and worship.
plural noun: religions
"the world's great religions"
a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance.
"consumerism is the new religion"

Yes, the concept of scientism is essentially no different from any other belief system. A book worth reading is the Doctrine of DNA biology as ideology by Richard Lewontin

As unstable and evidence based science is I would have to say not. I can't tell you the literal definition of a religion but from my understanding religion is about rejecting evidence for the benefit of a delusion.