antiscientific
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to antiscience; contrary to the tenets of the scientific method.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin scientia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Medieval Latin scientificusder. Middle French scientifiquebor. English scientific English antiscientific From anti- + scientific.
Inflected Forms
more antiscientific (comparative)
most antiscientific (superlative)