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postscientific

postscientific adjective: after the decline of science.

Adjective

postscientific (not comparable)

  1. After the decline of science.
    • In his own pluralistic and idealistic notion of a postscientific world, Feyerabend suggests there can be balance, with different subcultural powers observing a certain amount of fair play in relation to each other.2001, Brian Sutton-Smith, The ambiguity of play, page 60
    • American innovators — with their world-class strengths in product design, marketing and finance — may have a historic opportunity to convert the scientific know-how from abroad into market gains and profits. Mr. Hill views the transition to “the postscientific society” as an unrecognized bonus for...2008 April 20, G. Pascal Zachary, “How Scientific Gains Abroad Pay Off in the U.S.”, in New York Times

Antonyms of postscientific

Origin of postscientific

From post- + scientific.

Questions about postscientific

What does postscientific mean?
Postscientific means after the decline of science.
What part of speech is postscientific?
Postscientific is an adjective.

Words near postscientific in the dictionary

  1. postscarlatinal
  2. postscenium
  3. postschism
  4. postschizophrenic
  5. postschool
  6. postscientific
  7. postscorbutic
  8. postscore
  9. postscored
  10. postscores
  11. postscoring

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