superscientific

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ scientific

Adjective[edit]

superscientific (comparative more superscientific, superlative most superscientific)

  1. Above or beyond science.
    • 2005, George A. Reisch, How the Cold War Transformed Philosophy of Science, page 298:
      Humble positivism allowed educators, politicians, or religious authorities to believe, and behave as if, they possess superscientific knowledge that reaches further into the fabric of reality than empirical science.
    • 2012, J. Woods Halley, How Likely is Extraterrestrial Life?, page 52:
      It should be emphasized that highly improbable events occur in nature without the involvement of any kind of supernatural or superscientific phenomena.