(|)prē+ adjective
Etymology: pre- + scientific
1. : preceding the development or the acquisition of scientific knowledge
terms familiar to the prescientific era — J.C.Swaim
a prescientific stage of cultural development
2. : of, belonging to, or having the characteristics of a period before the rise of modern science or a state prior to the application of scientific method
prescientific man assumed the prevalence of a divine law — James Ward
a primitive prescientific view
the thesis … that native culture is prescientific — David Bidney