scientific
adjective
of or relating to science or the sciences.
quasi-scientific
-
a word derived from
scientific.
Example Sentences
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When all hell breaks loose during her quasi-scientific seance, she recognizes that the problem is beyond her capacities and that the house spells their doom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
With irritatingly detached narration from British actress Lesley Manville, we are asked to view Darby’s love life through a prism of statistics and quasi-scientific claptrap.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2020
In some cases, these tests would be carried out in a quasi-scientific mode: The victim might be blindfolded, then touched by several different people in addition to the suspected witch.
From Slate ● May 22, 2018
Ms. Levine’s 2012 reappropriation “After August Sander,” for which she rephotographed a selection of this selection, reduces Sander’s quasi-scientific documents to objectifiable specimens in their own right, complicating their historiography without altering their aesthetic appeal.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2017
I question whether a spectacle so fantastic and awe-inspiring was ever dealt with, even in the pages of quasi-scientific fiction.
From The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont by Louis de Rougemont
