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unscience

unscience noun: that which is unscientific or pseudoscientific.

Noun

unscience (countable and uncountable, plural unsciences)

  1. That which is unscientific or pseudoscientific.
    • It has been used in medicine from time immemorial; but until recently its use was nothing more than a species of mere unscience, shadowed in mystery.1900, John Vosburgh Stevens, editor, The Annual of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery
    • Misapplication of this practical connection leads to such unsciences as astrology and alchemy and, with the Romans, augury.1973, Janet Lembke, Bronze and Iron

Forms of unscience

pluralunsciences

Origin of unscience

From Middle English unscience (“false knowledge or understanding”), equivalent to un- + science.

Questions about unscience

What does unscience mean?
Unscience means that which is unscientific or pseudoscientific.
What part of speech is unscience?
Unscience is a noun.
What is the plural of unscience?
The plural of unscience is unsciences.

Words near unscience in the dictionary

  1. unschooled
  2. unschooledness
  3. unschooling
  4. unschoolmarmish
  5. unschools
  6. unscience
  7. unscienced
  8. unsciences
  9. unscientific
  10. unscientifical
  11. unscientifically

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