As nouns the difference between chiromancy and nonscience
is that
chiromancy is divination performed by examining the lines in the palms while
nonscience is that which is not science, or a specific non-scientific field.
chiromancy English
Alternative forms
* Early modern English: cheiromancy, chiromancie, chyromancia, chyromancie, chyromancy
Noun
( -)
Divination performed by examining the lines in the palms.
* 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster
- If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie...
* 1995 C. Walker Encyc. Secret Knowledge
- Modern palmistry differs from the ancient methods in concentrating on what is called chirognomy at the expense of chiromancy .
Synonyms
* palmistry
Derived terms
* chiromancer
* chiromantic
* chiromantical
References
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nonscience English
Alternative forms
*non-science
Noun
( en noun)
That which is not science, or a specific non-scientific field
*{{quote-book, 2002, Shelby D. Hunt & Dennis B. Arnett, chapter=Philosophical-Methodological Foundations, The Elgar Companion to Consumer Research and Economic Psychology, editors=Earl & Kemp citation
, passage=Relativists maintain that there are no fundamental differences between sciences and nonsciences .}}
A body, set, or system of information, methods, beliefs, and hypotheses (such as astrology or chiromancy) that does not use the scientific method as a basis for observation, or development of a theory.
Related terms
*nonscientific
*nonscientist
*parascience
*pseudoscience |
