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parascience

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
para-science
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branch of knowledge that is not mainstream science or is carried out in a subsidiary capacity.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From para- + science.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

parasciences (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

parascientific parascientist pseudoscience parahistory

Questions

What does parascience mean?
A branch of knowledge that is not mainstream science or is carried out in a subsidiary capacity.
Where does parascience come from?
From para- + science.

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