anti-science
Rejecting empirical evidence
Anti-science describes hostility or opposition to scientific methods, findings, or institutions.
The term labels views that reject established scientific consensus—on climate change, vaccines, evolution—as ideologically motivated rather than evidence-based.
Anti-science rhetoric has gained traction in political discourse.
Critics note the label can dismiss legitimate skepticism alongside genuine denialism.
Disposition toward doubt
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- disdainScornful disregard
cynicism · disbelief · close-mindedness · dogmatism · irrationality · bias · prejudice · obstinacy
Disc-shaped planet belief
- creationismDivine origin doctrine
- technophobiaDread of modern devices
- LuddismOpposition to new technology
- chemtrailsAlleged aerial chemical dispersal
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- pseudoscienceBogus methodology posing as factual
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
propaganda · charlatan · fraud · deception · distortion · fabrication · rumor · fearmongering
False data spread unintentionally
- illiteracyInability to read
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
- obliviousnessLack of awareness
incomprehension · misunderstanding · innumeracy · confusion · gullibility · susceptibility · credulity
Divination by celestial positions
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
- witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
occult · paranormal · omens · folklore · shamanism · psychic · numerology · tarot
skepticism
Disposition toward doubt
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
disdain · cynicism · disbelief · close-mindedness · dogmatism · irrationality · bias · prejudice · obstinacy · fundamentalism
flat-earth
Disc-shaped planet belief
- creationismDivine origin doctrine
- technophobiaDread of modern devices
- LuddismOpposition to new technology
disinformation
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- pseudoscienceBogus methodology posing as factual
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
myth · propaganda · charlatan · fraud · deception · distortion · fabrication · rumor · fearmongering · clickbait
misinformation
False data spread unintentionally
- illiteracyInability to read
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
obliviousness · incomprehension · misunderstanding · innumeracy · confusion · gullibility · susceptibility · credulity
astrology
Divination by celestial positions
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
- witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic
divination · occult · paranormal · omens · folklore · shamanism · psychic · numerology · tarot · supernaturalism
- denialismclimate denial, Holocaust denial, vaccine denial, denialism, pseudoscience
- anti-vaccinevaccine refusal, vaccine hesitancy, vaccine skeptic, Jenny McCarthy, misinformation
- religious criticismbiblical criticism, problem of evil, theodicy, contradictions, hypocrisy
anti-sciencescientific
Of or using research methods
evidence-based · empirical · fact-based · data-driven · rationalist
anti-sciencescience advocacy
Promoting scientific understanding publicly
scientism · technocratic · Carl Sagan · Neil deGrasse Tyson · pro-vaccine
anti-sciencerational
Governed by logic
empiricist · logical · critical thinking · skeptical inquiry · rationalist
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