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counterscientific

counterscientific adjective: antiscientific.

Adjective

counterscientific (comparative more counterscientific, superlative most counterscientific)

  1. antiscientific
    • In Ghosh's novel, a canonical western scientist is pitted against a counterscientific group of native folk-medicine practitioners led by Mangala, a subaltern in every conceivable meaning of the term.2012, Aparajita De, Amrita Ghosh, Ujjwal Jana, Subaltern Vision: A Study in Postcolonial Indian English Text, page 109

Forms of counterscientific

comparativemore counterscientific
superlativemost counterscientific

Origin of counterscientific

From counter- + scientific.

Questions about counterscientific

What does counterscientific mean?
Counterscientific means antiscientific.
What part of speech is counterscientific?
Counterscientific is an adjective.

Words near counterscientific in the dictionary

  1. counterscale
  2. counterscarp
  3. counterscarps
  4. counterscheme
  5. counterschemes
  6. counterscientific
  7. counterscoff
  8. counterscoffs
  9. counterscreen
  10. counterscreened
  11. counterscreens

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