antiscientific
Rejecting empirical inquiry
Antiscientific describes opposition to or rejection of scientific methods, findings, or authority.
The term characterizes attitudes, movements, or arguments that dismiss empirical evidence or the scientific consensus: antiscientific rhetoric about vaccines, an antiscientific stance on climate change.
It differs from unscientific, which simply means not following scientific method rather than actively opposing it.
Inability to read
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
- misinformedGiven incorrect facts
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
benightedness · incomprehension · unfamiliarity · obliviousness · unawareness · naivety · inexperience · incuriosity
False data spread unintentionally
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- propagandaBiased information for influence
fabrication · falsehood · denialism · rejection · repudiation · discredit · obfuscation · distortion
Fraudulent medical practice
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- homeopathyDiluted-substance alternative medicine
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
- phrenologySkull-bump personality assessment
cryptozoology · creationism · naturopathy · chiropractic · paranormal · clairvoyance · telepathy · ESP
illiteracy
Inability to read
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
- misinformedGiven incorrect facts
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
unenlightened · benightedness · incomprehension · unfamiliarity · obliviousness · unawareness · naivety · inexperience · incuriosity · closed-mindedness
misinformation
False data spread unintentionally
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
propaganda · fabrication · falsehood · denialism · rejection · repudiation · discredit · obfuscation · distortion · deception
quackery
Fraudulent medical practice
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- homeopathyDiluted-substance alternative medicine
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
phrenology · cryptozoology · creationism · naturopathy · chiropractic · paranormal · clairvoyance · telepathy · ESP · palmistry
superstition
Baseless belief in omens
bias · prejudice · intuition · emotion · subjectivity · folklore · legend · fable · mysticism · occultism
antiscientificscientific
Of or using research methods
evidence-based · empirical · data-driven · rationalist · scientistic
antiscientificdata-driven
Informed by collected information
fact-based · peer-reviewed · objective · verifiable · falsifiable
science, scientist, scientific, unscientific, scientists, scientifically, unscientifically, scientism, antiscience