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

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

But is the film equating that with Trumpian anti-science? —Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 18 July 2025

If Kennedy is allowed to follow his anti-science instincts then the U.S. will be left unhealthier, less respected and poorer — and a million children in the rest of the world will never live to see adulthood. —Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 15 July 2025

Despite the misinformation and anti-science rhetoric that often overwhelms social media after disasters like this, a majority of people—63 percent in Texas and across the U.S.—are already concerned about climate change. —Katharine Hayhoe, Time, 10 July 2025

The plaintiffs, which include the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, claim Kennedy’s recent decisions were designed to mislead, confuse and desensitize the public to anti-vaccine and anti-science rhetoric. —Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 7 July 2025

Unsurprisingly, a recent survey reveals that 75% of researchers are considering moving abroad as a result of the anti-science wave. —Jennifer Boulanger, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025

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

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above