nonscience

See also: non-science

English

Alternative forms

• non-science

Etymology

From non- +‎ science.

Noun

nonscience (countable and uncountable, plural nonsciences)

1. (usually uncountable) That which is not science, or a specific non-scientific field
   • 2002, Shelby D. Hunt, Dennis B. Arnett, “Philosophical-Methodological Foundations”, in Earl & Kemp, editors, The Elgar Companion to Consumer Research and Economic Psychology‎, →ISBN, page 441:

     Relativists maintain that there are no fundamental differences between sciences and nonsciences.

2. A body, set, or system of information, methods, beliefs, and hypotheses (such as history, astrology or metaphysics) that does not use the scientific method or follow accepted scientific standards as a basis for observation, or development of a theory.

Related terms

• nonscientific
• nonscientist
• parascience
• pseudoscience

Anagrams

• innocences