Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counterscientific

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ter-sci-en-tif-ic
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"In Ghosh's novel, a canonical western scientist is pitted against a counterscientific group of native folk-medicine practitioners led by Mangala, a subaltern in every conceivable meaning of the term."

Etymology

From counter- + scientific.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: counter

Inflected Forms

more counterscientific (comparative) most counterscientific (superlative)

Questions

What does counterscientific mean?: antiscientific
Where does counterscientific come from?: From counter- + scientific.

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