protoscientist

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, proto- +‎ scientist, or, by surface analysis, protoscience +‎ -ist.

Noun

protoscientist (plural protoscientists)

  1. A practitioner of protoscience: a researcher working on protoscientific research.
    Hypernyms: researcher, investigator < person
    Coordinate terms: pseudoscientist, alchemist
    Near-synonym: scientist