protoscience

See also: proto-science

English

Alternative forms

• proto-science

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *próder.

Ancient Greek πρό (pró)

Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos)

Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos)

Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor.

English proto-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.

Latin sciō

Latin sciēns

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin scientialbor.

Old French sciencebor.

Middle English science

English science

English protoscience

From proto- + science.

Noun

protoscience (countable and uncountable, plural protosciences)

1. An unscientific or pseudoscientific field of study which later becomes or spawns a science (e.g., astrology led to astronomy, alchemy led to chemistry, and, most generally, natural philosophy led to science).
2. A field of study at the initial phase of the scientific method, involving information gathering and hypothesis formulation, but is not yet falsifiable, or if it is, its predictions have not yet been observed.
   • 2008, Donald M. Hassler, Clyde Wilcox, New Boundaries in Political Science Fiction - Page 8:

     However, observation alone is not "modern" science; simple observation leads to "proto-science." Proto-science accepts observations without question or verification.

Synonyms

• ur-science

Related terms

• prescience
• prescient
• prescientific
• protoscientific
• protoscientist

Translations

unscientific field of study

field of study at the initial phase of the scientific method

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• Ido: protocienco

Anagrams

• enteroscopic

French

Etymology

proto- +‎ science.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.tɔ.sjɑ̃s/

Noun

protoscience f (plural protosciences)

1. protoscience