nonscience

C2 Topic:Science & Research
US /ˌnɑːnˈsaɪəns/ UK /ˌnɒnˈsaɪəns/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a subject, practice, or body of claims that is not science or does not use scientific methods

    The essay distinguishes established science from speculation and nonscience.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a subject, practice, or... non-science
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Word family
Related forms nonscientificpseudoscienceparascience

Etymology

Formed from non- ("not") + science. It is a broad contrastive term: unlike pseudoscience, nonscience need not pretend to be scientific or be intellectually illegitimate.

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