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prescientific¹

adjective

  1. not comparable Before the development of modern science. It is not improbable that, in some locality where tram-roads were a novelty, their name may have been associated in folk-etymology or by pre-scientific etymologers with that of the engineer.

    Opposite: postscientific

prescientific²

adjective

  1. not comparable, rare Exhibiting or relating to prescience; prescient.

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@misc{prescientific_2026,
  title = {prescientific},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prescientific},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}