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scientophile

scientophile noun: a person who likes science but is not necessarily a scientist.

Noun

scientophile (plural scientophiles)

  1. (rare) A person who likes science but is not necessarily a scientist.
    • Worse, they had no feeling for it, and they displayed this tone-deafness repeatedly in the full view of ASF's supposed audience of dedicated scientophiles as gathered up by a narrowly technocratic editor.2012, Algis Budrys, Benchmarks Continued 1975-1982, page 189

Forms of scientophile

pluralscientophiles

Origin of scientophile

From sciento- + -phile.

Questions about scientophile

What does scientophile mean?
Scientophile means a person who likes science but is not necessarily a scientist.
What part of speech is scientophile?
Scientophile is a noun.
What is the plural of scientophile?
The plural of scientophile is scientophiles.

Words near scientophile in the dictionary

  1. scientometricians
  2. scientometrics
  3. scientometrist
  4. scientometrists
  5. scientometry
  6. scientophile
  7. scientophiles
  8. SCIF
  9. scifag
  10. scifags
  11. scifi

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