nonscientific
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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A nonscientific layman like me would think that the scientific community would already have mechanisms like this in place.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Chen’s story and those like hers have helped many religious families come to understand the dangers of conversion therapy, which uses various nonscientific psychological interventions to try to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025
A new paper published in The Quarterly Review of Biology examines the question of what Darwinism is and how its nonscientific uses relate to the scientific theory of evolution.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2024
So Elicit and others use existing open-source LLMs trained on a wide array of texts, many nonscientific.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 21, 2023
But Emma was his first and most important nonscientific reader.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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