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pseudoscientific

American  
[soo-doh-sahy-uhn-tif-ik] / ˌsu doʊˌsaɪ ənˈtɪf ɪk /

adjective

  1. relating to or being a form of pseudoscience.


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Nowadays, any pseudoscientific tinctures or broths are about as good as you can expect from the U.S. health care system.

From Salon ● May 6, 2025

The remains are thought to have been acquired by researchers to carry out pseudoscientific studies.

From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2023

Belief in pseudoscientific ideas and conspiracies is not merely a matter of lack of education, either.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2023

Mostly, in the public eye, Biosphere 2 is considered a failure, and its experimentation is seen as only pseudoscientific.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 10, 2023

Its prophets—Davenport, Priddy, and Bell—were weird, pseudoscientific creeps.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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