proscience

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adjective

In favour of science or its methods or the scientific establishment.

Similar
proscientific
Opposite
antiscienceantiscientific
OriginEnglish science ← Middle English science ← Old French science →
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Meanings

adjectiveproscience (comparative more proscience, superlative most proscience)

comparative more proscience · superlative most proscience

  1. In favour of science or its methods or the scientific establishment.

    Synonyms: proscientific · Antonyms: antiscience, antiscientific

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveIn favour of science or its methods or the scientific establishment.

Similar
proscientific
Opposite
antiscienceantiscientific
Also see
proscientific

Origin

  1. Englishpro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  4. Latinsciō
  5. Latinsciēns
  6. Latinscientia
  7. Old Frenchscience
  8. Middle Englishscience
  9. Englishscience
  10. Englishproscience

From pro- + science.

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APA

proscience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proscience

MLA

“proscience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proscience. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proscience,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proscience.

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