quasiscience
quasiscience noun: an area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science.
Noun
quasiscience (countable and uncountable, plural quasisciences)
- An area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science.
- Bibliography series follows the by now familiar format, with some fifteen hundred annotated entries concentrating rather heavily on physics and philosophy but also including sections on schools and universities and on 'quasiscience'.1985, Alistair Cameron Crombie, Michael A. Hoskin, History of Science, page 441
- On every level, this quasiscience tried to locate the tenor of nature that grounded all philosophy.1991, John M. Kloos, A Sense of Deity: The Republican Spirituality of Dr. Benjamin Rush
Forms of quasiscience
| plural | quasisciences |
|---|---|
| alternative form | quasi-science |
Origin of quasiscience
From quasi- + science.
Questions about quasiscience
- What does quasiscience mean?
- Quasiscience means an area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science.
- What part of speech is quasiscience?
- Quasiscience is a noun.
- What is the plural of quasiscience?
- The plural of quasiscience is quasisciences.
Words near quasiscience in the dictionary
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