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scientific | scienticide |

As an adjective scientific

is of, or having to do with science.

As a noun scienticide is

destruction or debasement of scientific method, understanding, and/or infrastructure; a (figurative) killing of science.

scientific

English

Alternative forms

* scientifick

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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. Scientific. Dictionary.com. May 22, 2011

    • Derived terms

    * pseudoscientific * scientifical * scientific method * scientificness

    Related terms

    * science * scientificity * scientist

    See also

    * academic

    References

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    scienticide

    English

    Noun

  • (rare) Destruction or debasement of scientific method, understanding, and/or infrastructure; a (figurative) killing of science.
  • * 1997 : Dževad Juzbaši? [ed.], Prilozi Historiji Sarajeva , page 523 (Institut za Istoriju, Orijentalni Institut)
    • In the AVNOJ-Yugoslav period, a significant network of educational-scientific and scientific-research institutions was developed. In the period of the Chetnik, tiral-fascist aggression, Sarajevo has experienced an actual scienticide .
  • * 2000 : Alexander E. Sedov, New Russian myths around genetic research in mass-media and in common mind , §3: “Negation and ignorance of heredity in fSU and in modern Russia”, page 5
    • Their myths neglected the heredity, while their “research” activities were full of primitive mistakes and falsifications, and followed by the massive administrative terror that was supported by the government. It led to the broad “scienticide ” in fSU.

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