Meanings
adjectivecounterscientific (comparative more counterscientific, superlative most counterscientific)
comparative more counterscientific · superlative most counterscientific
- antiscientific
In Ghosh's novel, a canonical western scientist is pitted against a counterscientific group of native folk-medicine practitioners led by Mangala, a subaltern in every conceivable meaning of the term.
2012, Aparajita De, Amrita Ghosh, Ujjwal Jana, Subaltern Vision: A Study in Postcolonial Indian English Text, page 109
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