The rejection of modern scientific judgements in favor of an irrational or
superstitious beliefs.
Practitioners of anti-science are hostile towards
scientists, and may believe that science is a social behavior where truth is relative.
Postmodernism,
objectivism,
creationism and
alternative medicine are all examples of anti-science.
The term "anti-science" is attributed to Gerald Holton, a professor of physics and history at
Harvard, who wrote "Science and Anti-Science" in 1993.