Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paleocontact hypothesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-le-o-con-tac-t hy-poth-e-sis
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

9

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a pseudo-scientific hypothesis that posits that intelligent extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth and made contact with humans in antiquity and prehistory.

Example Sentences

"Sagan argued that while many legends, artifacts and purported out-of-place artifacts were cited in support of ancient astronaut theories, ‘very few require more than passing mention’ and could be easily explained with more conventional theories."

Synonyms

ancient astronaut hypothesis

Questions

What does paleocontact hypothesis mean?: a pseudo-scientific hypothesis that posits that intelligent extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth and made contact with humans in antiquity and prehistory.

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