"unscience" meaning in All languages combined

See unscience on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: unsciences [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English unscience (“false knowledge or understanding”), equivalent to un- + science. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unscience|t=false knowledge or understanding}} Middle English unscience (“false knowledge or understanding”), {{prefix|en|un|science}} un- + science Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} unscience (countable and uncountable, plural unsciences)
  1. That which is unscientific or pseudoscientific. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: pseudoscience

Noun [Middle English]

Etymology: un- + science Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|enm|ine|ne}}, {{root|enm|ine-pro|*skey-}}, {{prefix|enm|un|science}} un- + science Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} unscience
  1. unscience

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