pseudosociology
English
Etymology
From pseudo- + sociology.
Noun
pseudosociology (uncountable)
- A false or superficial version of sociology.
- 1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader:
- As a result, concern for the salvation of souls has been replaced by pseudosociology, pop psychology, and humanist theology.
- 2009, Michael Ford, Wounded Prophet: A Portrait of Henri J.M. Nouwen, →ISBN, page 8:
- Real theological thinking was thinking with the mind of Christ, not engaging in what he termed pseudopsychology, pseudosociology, and pseudo-social work.
- 2012, R. Treves, Norms and Actions: National Reports on Sociology of Law, →ISBN:
- In this way, the sociological view appropriate to the Marxist theory of law became a pseudosociology […]
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Related terms
- pseudopsychology
- pseudoscience