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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAntiscience
/ˌæn.tiˈsaɪ.əns/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An attitude, position, or movement that opposes or rejects science, the scientific method, or scientific consensus.
"The rise of public health skepticism is often fueled by growing trends in antiscience."
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Opposing or rejecting science and scientific principles.
"Her arguments against climate change research were criticized as being fundamentally antiscience."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prefix anti- (from Greek anti, meaning 'against, opposite of') combined with science (from Latin scientia, meaning 'knowledge'). Formed in the mid-20th century to describe ideologies, movements, or attitudes that reject scientific methodology, consensus, or empirical findings.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Antiscience" is said worldwide
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antiscience
Transliteration: /ɑ̃.ti.sjɑ̃s/
"La montée de l'antiscience menace les progrès de la santé publique."
Antiwissenschaft
Transliteration: /ˈantiˌvɪsn̩shaft/
"Antiwissenschaft führt oft zu gefährlichen Fehlinformationen."
antiscienza
Transliteration: /an.tiˈʃɛn.tsa/
"L'antiscienza rappresenta una sfida seria per la ricerca moderna."
anticiencia
Transliteration: /an.tiˈsjen.θja/
"El discurso anticiencia socava la confianza pública en los expertos."
anticiência
Transliteration: /ã.tʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ/
"O movimento de anticiência preocupa a comunidade acadêmica."
विज्ञान-विरोधी
Transliteration: vigyan-virodhi
"विज्ञान-विरोधी सोच समाज के विकास को रोकती है।"
反科学
Transliteration: fǎn kēxué
"反科学的言论会误导公众。"
반과학
Transliteration: ban-gwahak
"반과학적 태도는 공중 보건에 위협이 됩니다."
反科学
Transliteration: han-kagaku
"社会における反科学の風潮が問題視されている。"
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