Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ancient astronaut hypothesis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: an-cien-t as-tro-naut hy-poth-e-sis
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

8

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a pseudo-scientific hypothesis that posits that intelligent extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth and made contact with humans in antiquity and prehistory.

Example Sentences

"Sagan argued that while many legends, artifacts and purported out-of-place artifacts were cited in support of ancient astronaut theories, ‘very few require more than passing mention’ and could be easily explained with more conventional theories."

Synonyms

paleocontact hypothesis

Questions

What does ancient astronaut hypothesis mean?: a pseudo-scientific hypothesis that posits that intelligent extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth and made contact with humans in antiquity and prehistory.

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