💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Protoscience"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| proto-sciencenoun | Alternative form of protoscience. [An unscientific or pseudoscientific field of study which later becomes or spawns a science (e.g., astrology led to astronomy, alchemy led to chemistry, and, most generally, natural philosophy led to science).] |
| proto-science fictionnoun | (science fiction) Any of various early literature that contained elements that would develop into science fiction |
| scientolismnoun | (dated) pseudoscience |
| pseudosciencenoun | (derogatory) Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science). |
| parasciencenoun | Science that is non-mainstream or carried out in a subsidiary capacity. |
| quasisciencenoun | An area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science. |
| pseudoscientismnoun | A pseudoscientific approach or attitude. |
| sciosophynoun | False or pretended knowledge of science or natural phenomena. |
| quasi-sciencenoun | Alternative form of quasiscience. [An area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science.] |
| antisciencenoun | The abuse or rejection of traditional science; scholarship in which traditional science is abused or disregarded. |
| scientific romancenoun | Science fiction written in a deliberately anachronistic style, as an homage to or a pastiche of early science fiction. |
| parascientistnoun | One who carries out parascience. |
| supersciencenoun | A discipline comprehending more than one science. |
| nonsciencenoun | (usually uncountable) That which is not science, or a specific non-scientific field |
| exosciencenoun | (science fiction) Science concerning exoplanets and anything on them. |
| iatroastrologynoun | Pseudoscientific medical astrology. |
| scorpiologynoun | The scientific study of scorpions. |
| cosmicismnoun | The literary philosophy developed by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft, stating that there is no recognizable divine presence, such as God, in the universe, and that humans are particularly insignificant in the larger scheme of intergalactic existence. |
| pure sciencenoun | (sciences) Research performed without regard to practical applications, either for the advancement of human knowledge as a goal in itself or at least as a necessary feedstock to translational science. |
| xenosciencenoun | (science fiction, rare) The science of extraterrestrial life. |
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