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scientophiles

scientophiles is the plural of scientophile.

Meaning of scientophile

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

Questions about scientophiles

What is scientophiles the plural of?
Scientophiles is the plural of scientophile.

Words near scientophiles in the dictionary

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

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