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proscience

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-science
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In favour of science or its methods or the scientific establishment.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pro- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientialbor. Old French sciencebor. Middle English science English science English proscience From pro- + science.

Inflected Forms

more proscience (comparative) most proscience (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

nonscientific unscientific pseudoscientific quasiscientific

Synonyms

proscientific

Antonyms

antiscience antiscientific

Questions

What does proscience mean?
In favour of science or its methods or the scientific establishment.
Where does proscience come from?
Etymology tree English pro- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientialbor. Old French sciencebor. Middle English science English science English proscience From pro- + science.

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