protoscientist
English
Etymology
By surface analysis, proto- + scientist, or, by surface analysis, protoscience + -ist.
Noun
protoscientist (plural protoscientists)
- A practitioner of protoscience: a researcher working on protoscientific research.
- Hypernyms: researcher, investigator < person
- Coordinate terms: pseudoscientist, alchemist
- Near-synonym: scientist