"antiscience" meaning in English

See antiscience in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From anti- + science. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|science}} anti- + science Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} antiscience (not comparable)
  1. Opposed to science and scientific progress. Tags: not-comparable Translations (opposed to science and scientific progress): anticiência (Portuguese), antiscènzia (Sicilian), антинауко́вий (antynaukóvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-antiscience-en-adj-v75OYDo9 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 81 19

Noun

Forms: antisciences [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + science. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|science}} anti- + science Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} antiscience (countable and uncountable, plural antisciences)
  1. The abuse or rejection of traditional science; scholarship in which traditional science is abused or disregarded. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the abuse or rejection of traditional science): anticiência [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-antiscience-en-noun-7ryvUdYk Categories (other): English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 39 61

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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