nonscience
nounEtymology From non- + science.
1
Usually That which is not science, or a specific non-scientific field
- Relativists maintain that there are no fundamental differences between sciences and nonsciences.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:
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