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antiscience

antiscience

9.2
Not supporting science, including its methods and findings
  • adjective
  • /ˌæntiˈsaɪəns/
translation icon : anticiencia
  • Many people have antiscience beliefs about vaccines.

Examples

  • Education programs aim to counter antiscience attitudes with accurate information.

  • Some groups promote antiscience views that challenge well-established research.

  • The politician's antiscience statements alarmed many experts in the medical community.

  • His antiscience views are concerning.

  • The politician's antiscience statements alarmed many experts in the medical community.

  • Some groups promote antiscience views that challenge well-established research.

  • Education programs aim to counter antiscience attitudes with accurate information.

Synonyms

antiscientific
vsantiscience
8.5

Not based on careful tests or reliable proof

takes an explicit stance against scientific methods and findings

Antonyms

scientific
976 3.7

About careful methods used to find and test facts

How Science-Friendly

scientific
976 3.7
skeptical
  • US
286 4.2
antiscience
9.2

Surface Forms

antiscience positive

Morphology

antiscience = science (transparent) = anti + science

The meaning is directly compositional: 'anti-' means opposed to, and 'science' is the base.

Etymology

Antiscience joins anti- ('against') and science ('knowledge' or 'study of the world'), so it describes ideas or statements that are against scientific methods or findings.