nonscience

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌnɑːnˈsaɪəns/ UK /ˌnɒnˈsaɪəns/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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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

Opposites

science

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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