Scientific vs Proscience - What's the difference?
scientific | proscience |
Of, or having to do with science.
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Having the quality of being derived from, or consistent with, the scientific method.
In accord with procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science.
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As adjectives the difference between scientific and proscience
is that scientific is of, or having to do with science while proscience is in favour of science or its methods or the scientific establishment.scientific
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Alternative forms
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(en adjective)citation, passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}
Scientific. Dictionary.com. May 22, 2011