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The quality of being acultural.
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(sciences) Science as applied to practical problems (applications), such as engineering and the advancement of technology.
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Scientific research that is high-profile, large in scope, and so expensive that it requires government funding.
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(sociology) Any of various models of group behavior (such as economic behavior, criminal behavior, or consumer behavior) as the cumulative result of rational choices made by individuals expressing on their preferences and/or meeting their needs.
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(sciences) Scientific research done, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists.
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(Of data) collected for citizen science.
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A science of importance in medicine but not part of medicine, especially physics, chemistry and botany. Sometimes also including anatomy and physiology.
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of, or pertaining to conation
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(sociology) An identity or feeling of belonging to a group.
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The quality of being cultural.
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(sciences, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
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Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.
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Eclectic items considered as a whole.
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(sciences, broadly) A field of science such as physics or chemistry that is not perfectly exact, but still capable of highly quantitative results based on methods that are are not strictly rigorous, but still systematic and scrupulous.
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(sciences) A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.
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Of or pertaining to gradualism
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The idea that decisions about how to spend research funds should be made by researchers rather than politicians.
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(informal) Any of the natural and physical sciences that use the scientific method and experiments to test theories. Examples include mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and geology.
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(rare, feminism) In a herstoric or herstorical way.
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A theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
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The distinctive cultural norms and behaviour patterns of a group (such as a clique or friendship circle) within a community or subculture.
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A policy of integration.
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The study of (or a sociological methodology of studying) overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination.
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Lateral thinking; the process of approaching a subject from multiple sides, or an instance of this process.
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Pertaining to the work or philosophical ideas of Ernst Mach, characterised by a system of mechanics based on extreme empiricism.
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Science as practiced by a mad scientist
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(obsolete) Any unprofitable science.
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(sciences) The use of scientific methodology to study science itself with the goal of improving the quality and efficiency of research
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(history of science) One who limits the domain of science to that which can be investigated using the scientific method.
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Science as applied to military requirements, including how best to run a military and the advancement of military technology, just as applied science informs engineering and technology generally.
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(historical) A scientist who attempted to understand large-scale phenomena by creating miniature physical models.
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One who studies nanoethics.
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(historical) The objective study of nature in the widest sense; science; (later especially) physics.
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A theory developed by Terence McKenna that aims to describe "novelty" in the universe based on a combination of numerology and mathematics, and supposed fractal patterns in the I Ching.
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Science that is non-mainstream or carried out in a subsidiary capacity.
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the study of complexity and its underlying simplicity
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(attributive) Of, or having to do with science, but aimed at ordinary people as opposed to scientists; intended for general consumption.
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One who studies pragmatics.
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A belief in the importance of using agreed procedures.
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Alternative form of protoscience [An unscientific or pseudoscientific field of study which later becomes a science (e.g. astrology becoming astronomy and alchemy becoming chemistry).]
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An unscientific or pseudoscientific field of study which later becomes a science (e.g. astrology becoming astronomy and alchemy becoming chemistry).
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An area of study that has a limited resemblance to an academic discipline.
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(sciences) Research performed without regard to practical applications, either for the advancement of human knowledge as a goal in itself or at least as a necessary feedstock to translational science.
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classification into a rigid hierarchy, as of the sciences
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Alternative form of quasiscience [An area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science.]
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The body of principles and practices used by scholars to make their claims about the world as valid and trustworthy as possible, and to make them known to the scholarly public.
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Abbreviation of science, sciences. [(countable) A particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or systematic principles rather than intuition or natural ability.]
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(uncountable) Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
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(derogatory, sciences) The practice by which scientists put an unusual focus on publicizing results of research in the media, often when they are unlikely to win the approval of the professional scientific community.
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(derogatory, sciences) Synonym of science by press conference.
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Alternative form of sciencey [(informal) Scientific; of or pertaining to science.]
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(informal) Scientific; of or pertaining to science.
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Alternative form of sciencey [(informal) Scientific; of or pertaining to science.]
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(plural only, in the social and political philosophy of Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn) The sum of all the political, economic, technological, scientific, military, geographical, and psychological knowledge that a governing body must possess to allow it to reach logically, rationally, and morally sound conclusions. Usually contrasted with scita.
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Of or pertaining to science or to knowledge.
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In accord with procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science.
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(sciences) A method of discovering knowledge about the natural world based in making falsifiable predictions (hypotheses), testing them empirically, and developing theories that match known data from repeatable physical experimentation.
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A systematic way of finding the answer to a question about the observable world.
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Research performed using the scientific method.
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One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.
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Traditional scientific research that is conducted by individual researchers or small teams and funded by academic or scientific institutions.
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A field of scientific inquiry that is limited by the nature of its subject matter in its ability to establish strictly measurable criteria.
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The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time.
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Of or pertaining to what underlies the formation of beliefs or opinions.
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A hypothetical future event in human history caused by the ever-increasing ability of new technology to speed up the rate at which new technology is developed.
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(philosophy, social sciences) The study of the technological and social context of science.
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Obsolete form of theoretic. [Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.]
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(obsolete) theoretical
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(physics, philosophy) An attempt to solve a problem using the power of human imagination.
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(philosophy) A theoretical understanding of the world and how it operates.
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