Opposition to science or scientific methods; a position that rejects scientific authority or evidence.
From anti- (against) + science (from Latin scientia meaning 'knowledge'). This modern compound combines the prefix with the common noun science, creating a term that has become increasingly common in discussions about evidence and expertise.
Antiscience isn't new—the Church opposed heliocentrism, and 19th-century industrialists denied germ theory because it threatened profits. But the modern 'antiscience' movement is unique because it uses technology and the internet against the very institutions that created them.
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