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pre-scientific
adjective
mainly UK(also mainly USprescientific)uk /ˌpriː.saɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/ us /ˌpriːsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to the period, ideas, or methods that existed before the development of modern science:
After centuries of medical advance, the world seems to be slipping back to a pre-scientific era.
The suggestion that prescientific cultures cared for the environment because of their religious beliefs is not supported by the evidence.
Pre-scientific thinking in Europe is relatively well preserved.
The scientific method has expanded our understanding of life and the universe beyond the wildest dreams of the pre-scientific mind.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Subjects & disciplines
-ological
Afrocentrism
andragogy
AP
applicative
applied
ESOL
esp.
ethnoscience
food technology
functional skills
non-technical
nonscientific
ology
ontology
stem
sub-department
sub-discipline
subscience
suicidology
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