pseudoscientific
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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
Another work adds flying saucers hovering nearby, a satirical nod to the pseudoscientific shtick of an ancient Egyptian empire built not by enslaved human beings but by aliens arriving in UFOs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023
Then as now, pseudoscientific beliefs were not limited to the uneducated, and the belief that various psychological and mental attributes were discernible by examining the bumps and contours of one’s head was widespread.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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