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English
Etymology
From Middle English unscience (“false knowledge or understanding”), equivalent to un- + science.
Noun
unscience (countable and uncountable, plural unsciences)
- That which is unscientific or pseudoscientific.
1900, John Vosburgh Stevens, editor, The Annual of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery:It has been used in medicine from time immemorial; but until recently its use was nothing more than a species of mere unscience, shadowed in mystery.
1973, Janet Lembke, Bronze and Iron:Misapplication of this practical connection leads to such unsciences as astrology and alchemy and, with the Romans, augury.
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Middle English
Etymology
un- + science
Noun
unscience
- unscience (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, Boethius and Troilus:And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing to ben other weyes thanne it is, it is nat only unscience, but it is deceivable opinioun ful diverse and fer fro the sothe of science.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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