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non-science

non-science is the alternative spelling of nonscience.

Meaning of nonscience

Noun

nonscience (countable and uncountable, plural nonsciences)

  1. (uncountable, usually) That which is not science, or a specific non-scientific field
    • Relativists maintain that there are no fundamental differences between sciences and nonsciences.2002, Shelby D. Hunt, Dennis B. Arnett, “Philosophical-Methodological Foundations”, in Earl & Kemp, editors, The Elgar Companion to Consumer Research and Economic Psychology, →ISBN, page 441
  2. A body, set, or system of information, methods, beliefs, and hypotheses (such as history, astrology or metaphysics) that does not use the scientific method or follow accepted scientific standards as a basis for observation, or development of a theory.

Forms of non-science

pluralnon-sciences

Questions about non-science

What is non-science the alternative spelling of?
Non-science is the alternative spelling of nonscience.

Words near non-science in the dictionary

  1. non-running
  2. non-Russian
  3. non-Sanatani
  4. non-Sanatanis
  5. non-school
  6. non-science
  7. non-sciences
  8. non-scientific
  9. non-scientist
  10. non-scientists
  11. non-secure

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Adapted from Wiktionary: non-science (page history and authors); nonscience (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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