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pseudoscience
[ soo-doh-sahy-uhns ]
noun
- any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
pseudoscience
/ ˌsjuːdəʊˈsaɪəns /
noun
- a discipline or approach that pretends to be or has a close resemblance to science
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Derived Forms
- ˌpseudoˌscienˈtific, adjective
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Other Words From
- pseu·do·sci·en·tif·ic [soo-doh-sahy-, uh, n-, tif, -ik], adjective
- pseudo·scien·tifi·cal·ly adverb
- pseudo·scien·tist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pseudoscience1
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Example Sentences
Many well-known examples of pseudoscience, he notes, were once mainstream scientific disciplines.
While people have many different justifications for not getting the shot, one particularly insidious bit of pseudoscience has surfaced.
But, true to form, it’s her anecdotes of pseudoscience in her own upbringing that linger.
Separating real science from pseudoscience is not a new problem.
The success of pseudoscience is not due to gullibility on the part of the public.
It combines pickup techniques supposedly inspired by evolutionary psychology with self-help pseudoscience.
From ‘Clueless’ to Clueless By Lizzie Crocker Diapers are ‘pseudoscience.’
If you want to write about spiritually-motivated pseudoscience in America, you head to the Creation Museum in Kentucky.
Still: a significant portion of what Whole Foods sells is based on simple pseudoscience.
They thus founded the pseudoscience denominated phrenology, which we now know has practically nothing to justify itself.
The subject in question is the old familiar one of false inductions or pseudoscience.
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