anti-science
noun
an·ti-sci·ence
ˌan-tē-ˈsī-ən(t)s 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly antiscience
: a set or system of attitudes and beliefs that are opposed to or reject science and scientific methods and principles
And for a show even remotely about news—as well as a groundbreaking newswoman like Walters—to legitimize McCarthy's dangerous antiscience … is irresponsible and shameful.—
James Poniewozik
James Poniewozik
anti-science
adjective
or less commonly antiscience
an anti-science bias
… many currents of irrational, anti-science, anti-intellectual feelings that arise partly from fears and partly from reaction to errors or arrogance among scientists.
—Edmund Fuller
Edmund Fuller
anti-scientific
adjective
or less commonly antiscientific
ˌan-tē-ˌsī-ən-ˈti-fik
ˌan-tī-
anti-scientific attitudes
Examples of anti-science in a Sentence
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Part of this anti-science thrust is to deny climate change.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Removing the mandate wholesale is dangerous, anti-science, and anti-child.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Removing the mandate wholesale is dangerous, anti-science, and anti-child.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Every cut to the CDC, every withdrawal from WHO, every concession to anti-science populism shortens lives — not only in Chicago, Harlem and Houston but also in Lagos, Caracas, Mumbai, Gaza and Nairobi.
—Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Their resignation letters spoke to the dangers of Kennedy's anti-vaccine, anti-science agenda.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 Aug. 2025
That’s the gist of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-science approach to making America healthy.
—Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
When faith in the government product is shaken, things go off-the-rails in short order; just look at how anti-science sentiments prolonged the Covid 19 pandemic, and helped set in motion a broader drop in vaccine rates.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
This anti-science agenda, stemming in part from COVID origin conspiracy theories, is being used to help justify deep cuts to funding for biomedical research, public health and global aid.
—CNN Money, 31 July 2025
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Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Removing the mandate wholesale is dangerous, anti-science, and anti-child.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Removing the mandate wholesale is dangerous, anti-science, and anti-child.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Every cut to the CDC, every withdrawal from WHO, every concession to anti-science populism shortens lives — not only in Chicago, Harlem and Houston but also in Lagos, Caracas, Mumbai, Gaza and Nairobi.
—Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Their resignation letters spoke to the dangers of Kennedy's anti-vaccine, anti-science agenda.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 Aug. 2025
That’s the gist of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-science approach to making America healthy.
—Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
When faith in the government product is shaken, things go off-the-rails in short order; just look at how anti-science sentiments prolonged the Covid 19 pandemic, and helped set in motion a broader drop in vaccine rates.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
This anti-science agenda, stemming in part from COVID origin conspiracy theories, is being used to help justify deep cuts to funding for biomedical research, public health and global aid.
—CNN Money, 31 July 2025
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“Anti-science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-science. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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