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Quasiscience

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quasi-sciencenounAlternative 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.]
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).
exact sciencenoun(sciences, loosely) A field of science such as physics or chemistry that is not perfectly exact, but still capable of highly quantitative results based on methods that are not strictly rigorous, but still systematic and scrupulous.
parasciencenounScience that is non-mainstream or carried out in a subsidiary capacity.
protosciencenounAn 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).
sciencismnounAlternative form of scientism. [The belief that the scientific method and the assumptions and research methods of the physical sciences are applicable to all other disciplines (such as the humanities and social sciences), or that those other disciplines are not as valuable.]
sciosophynounFalse or pretended knowledge of science or natural phenomena.
proto-sciencenounAlternative 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).]
antisciencenounThe abuse or rejection of traditional science; scholarship in which traditional science is abused or disregarded.
junk sciencenoun(derogatory) Assertions or methods that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of scientific legitimacy.
soft sciencenounA field of scientific inquiry that is limited by the nature of its subject matter in its ability to establish strictly measurable criteria.
cargo cult sciencenounPractices which have the appearance of being scientific, but do not actually follow the scientific method.
pseudodisciplinenounAn area of study that has a limited resemblance to an academic discipline.
pseudoscientismnounA pseudoscientific approach or attitude.
scientismnounThe belief that all truth is exclusively discovered through science.
sceincenounMisspelling of science. [(countable) A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.]
supersciencenounA discipline comprehending more than one science.
metasciencenoun(sciences) The science of science: the use of scientific methodology to study science itself, with the goal of improving the quality and efficiency of research.
utraquismnoun(historical, Christianity) The moderate Hussite ideology that the faithful, specifically including laity, should receive Communion under both kinds (sub utraque specie), that is to say, receive both bread and wine during the Eucharist; moderate Hussitism.
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.

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