nonscientist

/nˌɑnsˈaɪəntɪst/ noun

A person who is not a scientist.

Word Origin From Latin 'non-' (not) and 'scire' (to know) — a nonscientist is someone not a scientist. The root 'sci-' gives us science, scientific, conscience, conscious, omniscient, and prescient. The '-ent' and '-ist' suffixes build the noun.

noun A person who is not a scientist. countable

As a nonscientist, I found the research paper difficult to understand.

(名词) 非科学家;外行

作为非科学家,我发现这篇研究论文很难理解。

(sustantivo) Una persona que no es científica.

Como no científico, encontré el artículo de investigación difícil de entender.

(nom) non-scientifique; profane [Personne qui n'exerce pas la profession de scientifique et qui n'a pas de formation scientifique.]

En tant que **non-scientifique**, j'ai eu beaucoup de mal à comprendre cet article de recherche.

(Substantiv) Nichtwissenschaftler; Laie (im wissenschaftlichen Kontext) [eine Person, die kein Wissenschaftler ist oder keine wissenschaftliche Ausbildung hat.]

Als **nonscientist** fand ich die Forschungsarbeit schwer verständlich.

(名詞) 科学者ではない人。

専門外の人として、その研究論文は理解するのが難しかった。

(substantivo) não-cientista; leigo [Pessoa que não é cientista.]

Como não cientista, achei o artigo de pesquisa difícil de entender.

Word parts: non + sci + ent + ist

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