nonscientific
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˈsaɪəntɪfɪk/
:
no científico
- Note that this shift occurred in nonscientific as well as scientific professions.
- nonscientific influences
- nonscientific culture
Examples
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Now comes a vital difference between the scientific and nonscientific ways of doing things.
Academic text (1993) -
It's a nonscientific guess.
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In both cases, the local, nonscientific people knew that those high-tech innovations were wrong.
Academic text (1999) -
Fourth, scientists are partly conditioned by nonscientific values.
Academic text (2002) -
But the more science tries to inflate the appearance of knowledge so as to "trump" nonscientific questions and issues, the less healthy the political culture will become.
Academic text (1995) -
Calls for openness and fairness must also force attention on a range of nonscientific agendas.
Academic text (2010) -
Supporters of preemption argue that local regulation will lead to regulatory confusion based on nonscientific principles that will frustrate the original purpose of FIFRA.
Academic text (1992) -
Thomas Kuhn has eloquently shown that scientists' preference for one paradigm over another is determined by a host of nonscientific, nonempirical factors.
Academic text (1993) -
Consequently, no university officially taught qualitative approaches under the communist regime, as these methods were regarded as nonscientific (Miovsky, 2003, 2006).
Academic text (2007) -
The presentation explained complex theories in a way that was understandable to a nonscientific audience.
Synonyms
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5.1
Not based on careful tests and reliable facts
Not connected to science, like beliefs or values that influence decisions
Does not use observation or real-world facts
Not based on observation or testing but on ideas and reasoning
Antonyms
How Scientific
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonscientific = scientific (transparent) = non + scientific
The negative prefix 'non-' attaches directly to the adjective 'scientific', producing the clear meaning 'not scientific'.
Etymology
Nonscientific breaks into non- meaning 'not' and science meaning 'knowledge' or 'the study of nature'. So, nonscientific means ideas or claims that are 'not based on science'.