non-scientistn.
/nɒnˈsʌɪəntɪst/, U.S. /nɑnˈsaɪən(t)əst/ A person who is not a scientist.
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1872 J. Anderson Strength of Materials & Structures 304/2 The work..may still be read with pleasure and profit by non-scientists.
1897 W. James Will to Believe 320 We all, scientists and non-scientists, live on some inclined plane of credulity.
1959 C. P. Snow Two Cultures i. 5 The non-scientists have a rooted impression that the scientists are shallowly optimistic.
1997 N.Y. Times 7 Sept. 30/2 Modern physicists have settled on a theory of the world's origin that would flunk almost any nonscientist's reality check.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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