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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of science.

Etymologies

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science +‎ -like

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Examples

  • And here's the thing: The (mostly) young people engaging in these sciencelike conversations are precisely the same ones who are, more and more, tuning out of science in the classroom.

    How Videogames Blind Us With Science 2008

  • Although beguiled by the sciencelike aspects of economics, he warned that “economics cannot be compared with the exact physical sciences for it deals with the ever-changing and subtle forces of human nature.”

    The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999

  • Although beguiled by the sciencelike aspects of economics, he warned that “economics cannot be compared with the exact physical sciences for it deals with the ever-changing and subtle forces of human nature.”

    The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999

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