non-scientific

A form of nonscientific — Not scientific, or lacking scientific rigor.

Meanings

adjectivenon-scientific (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of nonscientific

    The longest non-scientific English words which can form anagrams are the 17-letter transpositions "misrepresentation" and "representationism".

    1978, Norris McWhirter (editor), Guinness Book of World Records 1978, page 205

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see

Origin

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  4. Latinsciō
  5. Latinsciēns
  6. Latinscientia
  7. Medieval Latinscientificus
  8. Middle Frenchscientifique
  9. Englishscientific
  10. Englishnon-scientific

From non- + scientific.

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APA

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Chicago

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