word
Scientific Revolution
sy-en-TIF-ik rev-oh-LOO-shun
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˌrɛvəˈluːʃən/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
scientificrevolution
Dictionary meaning
A period of rapid transformation in scientific knowledge and method; also Kuhn's term for the replacement of one paradigm by another during a scientific crisis
Examples
- Kuhn argued that scientific revolutions are more like political upheavals than gradual rational progressions.
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