"antiscience" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: 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

Noun

Forms: antisciences [plural]
Etymology: 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 Related terms: pseudoscience Translations (the abuse or rejection of traditional science): anticiência [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-antiscience-en-noun-7ryvUdYk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 40 60

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