PRESCIENTIFIC


Meaning of PRESCIENTIFIC in English

(|)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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.