"parascience" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parasciences [plural]
Etymology: para- + science Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|para|science}} para- + science Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} parascience (countable and uncountable, plural parasciences)
  1. Science that is non-mainstream or carried out in a subsidiary capacity. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: parascientific, parascientist, pseudoscience
    Sense id: en-parascience-en-noun-22GbGCMs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with para-

Inflected forms

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