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

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

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

Recent Examples on the Web

But scientists, too, ought to be honest with themselves about why the cruelty of animal experimentation has been so effectively weaponized for anti-science populism. —Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 18 June 2025

The administration in Washington has seized on this time to advance an agenda that is decidedly anti-intellectual, anti-science, anti-immigrant, and even anti-democracy. —David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025

Vought has long made his anti-science budgeting priorities clear through his Center for Renewing America. —ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025

Nye, too, says the message fits into a more general and ominous anti-science movement. —Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025

But Kennedy's further reluctance on Wednesday to be more outspoken about vaccinating against measles, chickenpox and polio is indicative of a bigger trend of anti-science that could have long-term ramifications far beyond Kennedy's tenure at HHS, Woodruff warns. —Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025

These days, health and science often get framed as being part of a privileged wellness culture, while Americana gets more and more tangled up with primitive anti-science. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025

Don Thomas, a 77-year-old Saratoga resident, came out to protest the GOP’s anti-science platform. —Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 7 May 2025

Martin’s letters to medical journals appear intended to promote the anti-science, anti-vaccine policies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s wildly unfit health secretary. —Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above