What does antiscience mean?
Antiscience means Opposed to science and scientific progress..
Antiscience
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Opposed to science and scientific progress..
Definitions by Sense
- Opposed to science and scientific progress.
- The abuse or rejection of traditional science; scholarship in which traditional science is abused or disregarded.
Example Sentences
Isaacson reports that Musk’s fractured relationship with Jenna, who is trans, partly led to Musk’s rightward turn toward libertarianism and questioning what he considers the “woke-mind-virus, which is fundamentally antiscience, antimerit, and antihuman.”
“The playbook presents an antiscience, antidata, and antimedicine agenda,” according to a piece last year by Boston University researchers in JAMA.
Genealogies are antisciences. Of course, genealogy is not an unproblematic enterprise, since it is a struggle against forms of power that are associated with certain forms of (scientific) knowledge.
Synonyms for antiscience
Antonyms for antiscience
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Word Forms
- antisciences
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for antiscience?
Common synonyms include antiscientific.
What is the opposite of antiscience?
Possible antonyms include proscience, proscientific.
How do you use antiscience in a sentence?
Isaacson reports that Musk’s fractured relationship with Jenna, who is trans, partly led to Musk’s rightward turn toward libertarianism and questioning what he considers the “woke-mind-virus, which is fundamentally antiscience, antimerit, and antihuman.”
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