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pseudoscientific

adj

Etymology

From pseudoscience + -ific, by analogy with scientific, equivalent to pseudo- + scientific.

  1. derived from scientia
  2. derived from science
  3. inherited from science
  4. formed as pseudoscience — “pseudo- + science”
  5. formed as pseudoscientific — “pseudoscience + -ific”

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience

    Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though purporting to be scientific.

    • […] another example of the desire to control deviant lifestyles: the preparation by the FBI of pseudoscientific "profiles" that purport to describe the murderers.
    • Many postsecondary educators are concerned about the rising tide of pseudoscientific, fundamentally anti-intellectual belief among otherwise well educated Americans.
    • Some pseudoscientific theories explain what nonbelievers cannot even observe, for example, orgone energy.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA