scientaster

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noun

An inferior scientist.

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Meanings

nounscientaster (plural scientasters)

plural scientasters

  1. rareAn inferior scientist.

    And then compare with these the superficial and flippant assumptions of theologians, ontologists, transceudentalists, seers, impressionables, scientasters, and other incapables, and arrive at your own conclusions.

    1876, De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, The World's Sages, Thinkers and Reformers

Origin

From scient + -aster.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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