prescientifically

adverb

Prior to established science.

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Meanings

adverbprescientifically (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePrior to established science.

    The majority of what we prescientifically called ‘water’ has more than one microstructural feature that we could have concluded distinguishes the true from the spurious samples believed to be water.

    2008 October 22, R. W. Fischer, “Joseph LaPorte, Natural Kinds and Conceptual Change”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI

Origin

From prescientific + -ally.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

interspecifically
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APA

prescientifically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prescientifically

MLA

“prescientifically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prescientifically. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prescientifically,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prescientifically.

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