2. Adjective. Contrary to the tenets of the scientific method ¹
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Definition of Antiscientific
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiscientific
Literary usage of Antiscientific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"Indeed, the salvation motive that in our day often becomes almost hysterical is
profoundly antiscientific, and the immortality prospectors that neglect the ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1912)
"It may appear strange to class the movement proclaims the principle of relativity
in the same cal with pragmatism and other antiscientific tendencies, ..."
3. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1909)
"Mr. Hinet did not realise that exactly this vulgar and antiscientific criterion (outside
the field of sociology), ha-s deprived his investigation of all ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1824)
"... so that, in all probability, thIs magnificent establishment, in she space of
60 years, sill double its literary antiscientific treasures. ..."
5. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"... his center's antiscientific image at the same time. On February 5, 1970, he
and 11 of MSC's highest-ranking managers met with 9 prominent scientists ..."
6. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1887)
"The application of this doctrine thus formulated is simply disastrous and
antiscientific. It leads to the grouping of supposed forms of words which have ..."
7. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"... the refined ignorance which was really in disguise the last development of
intelligence. One of the antiscientific traits of existing ..."
8. Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg (1909)
"... and prefers association with the antiscientific tendencies, it is predestined
to have a spasmodic character and ultimately to be harmful. ..."
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