"proscience" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more proscience [comparative], most proscience [superlative]
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  1. In favour of science or its methods or the scientific establishment. Synonyms: proscientific Coordinate_terms: nonscientific, unscientific, pseudoscientific, quasiscientific
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