pseudoscientific

pseudoscientific

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ science +‎ -ific, equivalent to pseudoscience +‎ -ific or pseudo- +‎ scientific.

Adjective

pseudoscientific (comparative more pseudoscientific, superlative most pseudoscientific)

1. Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though purporting to be scientific.
   • 1996, Mark E. Ware, David E. Johnson, Handbook of Demonstrations and Activities in the Teaching of Psychology

     Many postsecondary educators are concerned about the rising tide of pseudoscientific, fundamentally anti-intellectual belief among otherwise well educated Americans.

   • 2003, Robert Todd Carroll, The skeptic's dictionary

     Some pseudoscientific theories explain what nonbelievers cannot even observe, for example, orgone energy.

Derived terms

• pseudoscientifical
• pseudoscientifically
• pseudoscientificalness
• pseudoscientificness

Related terms

• pseudomedical
• pseudoprofessional
• pseudoscience
• pseudoscientism
• pseudoscientist
• pseudoscientistic
• pseudoscientistical
• pseudoscientistically

Translations

of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience

Chinese: Mandarin: 偽科學的 (zh), 伪科学的 (zh) (wěikēxué de) Czech: pavědecký m, pseudovědecký m Danish: pseudovidenskabelig Esperanto: pseŭdoscienca Finnish: pseudotieteellinen (fi), näennäistieteellinen (fi) French: pseudo-scientifique (fr), pseudoscientifique (fr) German: pseudowissenschaftlich (de), afterwissenschaftlich, scheinwissenschaftlich Hungarian: áltudományos

Ido: pseudociencala (io) Japanese: 疑似科学的 (gijikagakuteki) Norwegian: Bokmål: pseudovitenskapelig Nynorsk: pseudovitskapeleg, pseudovitskapleg Portuguese: pseudocientífico Russian: псевдонау́чный (ru) (psevdonaúčnyj) Spanish: pseudocientífico (es) Swedish: pseudovetenskaplig (sv)