"soft science" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soft sciences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soft science (plural soft sciences)
  1. A field of scientific inquiry that is limited by the nature of its subject matter in its ability to establish strictly measurable criteria. Categories (topical): Sciences Related terms: natural science versus social science, pure science versus applied science, formal science versus quasiscience, sociology of science Coordinate_terms: hard science Translations (field of inquiry): 軟科學 (Chinese Mandarin), 软科学 (ruǎnkēxué) (Chinese Mandarin), pehmeä tiede [especially] (Finnish), humanistinen tiede (Finnish), inexakte Wissenschaft [feminine] (German), weiche Wissenschaft [feminine] (German)

Inflected forms

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