scientific scrutiny

collocation in English

meaningsofscientificandscrutiny

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scientific
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/us
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to science, or using the organized methods ...
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scrutiny
noun[U]
uk
/ˈskruː.tɪ.ni/us
/ˈskruː.t̬ən.i/
the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information ...
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(Definition ofscientificandscrutinyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscientific scrutiny

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In principle, therefore, the world of conscious experience is accessible toscientificscrutinyafter all, both internally through introspection and externally through neurophysiological recording.
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And even for those who welcomedscientificscrutinythere only had to be a few cases that were unexplained to make the whole enterprise of the occult plausible.
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Through the combination of illustration and text, their physical attractiveness and rarity was raised, beyondscientificscrutinyand taxonomic exactitude, into the realms of aesthetics and avarice.
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Lehar's stance is that "the world of conscious experience is accessible toscientificscrutinyafter all, both internally through introspection and externally through neurophysiological recording" (sect. 2.3, para. 9).
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We need to establish new benchmarks against whichscientificscrutinycan be measured if we are to have any confidence in the industry's claims.
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Although they cover very important ethical issues, they have scientific matters as their basis which will need very carefulscientificscrutinyand input.
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It is important that treatments are subject to carefulscientificscrutinyand analysis.
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The issue of liability must connect with that ofscientificscrutiny.
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Public and animal health are well protected by our licensing system based on a rigorousscientificscrutinyof safety, quality and efficacy.
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Those with new ideas have to subject them to the rigorousscientificscrutinyof their peers, followed by independent confirmation, before they are put forward for wider acceptance.
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Narang has refused to have published in the necessary scientific journals forscientificscrutinythe research that he has done to date.
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A mummy is also on display, that the foundation has chosen not to subject toscientificscrutiny.
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He said the story was a conspiracy that didn't stand up toscientificscrutiny.
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Most of the source material has not yet been subjected toscientificscrutiny.
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The team that manages to provide evidence that will hold up underscientificscrutinywill win $10 million.
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She believes that astrology deserves an unbiasedscientificscrutinyand no attempts should be made at disparaging the subject without studying the same.
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The way in which the primate visual system operates is currently under intensescientificscrutiny.
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Although more recently hasscientificscrutinybegan to arise over these accounts, trying to disprove them.
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While they do exhibit anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties, the effectiveness of some of these folk-remedy treatments have not been subject to extensivescientificscrutiny.
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He believed that the contents of the mind were not open toscientificscrutinyand that scientific psychology should emphasize the study of observable behavior.
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