different between chiromancy vs nonscience

English

Alternative forms

• cheiromancy
• chiromancie, chyromancia, chyromancie, chyromancy (all obsolete)

Etymology

chiro- +? -mancy, from Middle French chiromancie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?.???.mæn.si/, /?ka?.??.mæn.si/

Noun

chiromancy (usually uncountable, plural chiromancies)

1. Divination performed by examining the lines in the palms.
   • 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster

     If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie...

   • 1995 C. Walker Encyc. Secret Knowledge

     Modern palmistry differs from the ancient methods in concentrating on what is called chirognomy at the expense of chiromancy.

Synonyms

• palmistry

Derived terms

• chiromancer
• chiromantic
• chiromantical

Translations

References

• chiromancy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Alternative forms

• non-science

Etymology

non- +? science

Noun

nonscience (countable and uncountable, plural nonsciences)

1. (usually uncountable) That which is not science, or a specific non-scientific field
2. A body, set, or system of information, methods, beliefs, and hypotheses (such as history, astrology or metaphysics) that does not use the scientific method or follow accepted scientific standards as a basis for observation, or development of a theory.

Related terms

• nonscientific
• nonscientist
• parascience
• pseudoscience

Anagrams

• innocences