adversarial collaboration
Any of a class of study designs in which scientists with conflicting theories work…Any of a class of study designs in which scientists with conflicting theories work together with others who are neutral or agnostic about those theories, and this team runs an experiment to test the theories empirically and thus find out whether one of the theories is contradicted by the evidence found.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, uncountable, usually)Any of a class of study designs in which scientists with conflicting theories work together with others who are neutral or agnostic about those theories, and this team runs an experiment to test the theories empirically and thus find out whether one of the theories is contradicted by the evidence found.
(countable, usually)An instance of such a study.
Forms
plural: adversarial collaborations| Singular | adversarial collaboration |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable