prescientific
adjective
pre·sci·en·tif·ic ˌprē-ˌsī-ən-ˈti-fik 
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a period before the rise of modern science or a state prior to the application of the scientific method
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Using a panoply of colorful examples, the author artfully illustrates the frustrations, uncertainty, poorly founded confidence and frequent futility of medical practice in the prescientific age. 
Adrian Woolfson, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018 In a prescientific world, the sun’s unexpected diminishment and even disappearance must have been utterly terrifying. Rabbi Dan Fink, idahostatesman, 18 Aug. 2017
Adrian Woolfson, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018 In a prescientific world, the sun’s unexpected diminishment and even disappearance must have been utterly terrifying. Rabbi Dan Fink, idahostatesman, 18 Aug. 2017 Word History
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above
- force down someone's throat
- force field
- force fit
- force land
- force main
- force majeure
- force of circumstance
- force of circumstance(s)
- force of circumstances
- force of friction
- force of habit
- force of nature
- force of will
- force on
- force on/upon
- force one's hand
- force one's way
- force oneself
- force play
- force polygon
- force pump
- force quit
- force quits
- force quitting
- force someone's hand