pseudo-analytical

English

Adjective

pseudo-analytical (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of pseudoanalytical
   • 1989, H. B. Paksoy, Alpamysh: Central Asian Identity Under Russian Rule, →ISBN:

     Part and parcel of this campaign is the attempt to obscure the origins of the dastan, including complex pseudo-analytical verbiage about "variants" and "versions," to divert attention from the common origin of the dastan and the people who share it.

   • 2006, Mathematical Modeling of Biofilms, →ISBN, page 59:

     Pseudo-analytical solutions are comprised of a small set of algebraic equations that can by solved directly by hand or with a spreadsheet.

   • 2008, Irene Bloom, Promoting and Characterizing the Problem Solving Behaviors of Prospective High School Mathematics Teachers, →ISBN, page 12:

     Likewise, while students are expected to be analytical, often students display behaviors that result in a correct answer but are pseudo-analytical in nature.

   • 2010, Martin Roach, The Prodigy: The Official Story, →ISBN:

     The music itself was effective without all the pseudo-analytical pretension that surrounded so much of contemporary music – it spoke directly to the body and contained as much soul and life as any of its peers, as well as incorporating a legion of other forms such as reggae, rap, rock, classical, punk, world beats, and funk, all with consummate ease.

   • 2017, Patsy Healey, Jean Hillier, Foundations of the Planning Enterprise, →ISBN:

     As bad decisions are dressed up in pseudo-analytical garb, ministerial officials may become unduly cynical about analysis.

   • 1955, Leo P. Chall, Sociological Abstracts - Volumes 3-4, page 165:

     One unfortunate aspect of this is the tendency of social workers to engage in pseudo-analytical therapy.

   • 1979, Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Thought, page 488:

     Insights afforded by exact interpretations genuinely cure in depth by resolving underlying conflicts, he tells us, whereas inexact interpretations effect a mere redressing of the balance of unresolved conflicts by means of "pseudo-analytical suggestion."

   • 1997, Philip Burnard, Effective Communication Skills for Health Professionals, →ISBN, page 123:

     The pseudo-analytical questions are particularly awkward. What could the answer possibly be?