pseudoscientific

English

Etymology

pseudo- + scientific or pseudoscien(ce) + -tific

Adjective

pseudoscientific (comparative more pseudoscientific, superlative most pseudoscientific)

1. Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though perhaps made to seem partially 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.

Translations

of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偽科學的 (cmn), 伪科学的 (cmn) (wěikēxué de)

• Czech: pavědecký (cs) m, pseudovědecký (cs) m
• Esperanto: pseŭdoscienca (eo)
• Finnish: pseudotieteellinen (fi), näennäistieteellinen (fi)

• French: pseudo-scientifique (fr)
• German: pseudowissenschaftlich (de)
• Hungarian: áltudományos (hu)
• Japanese: 疑似科学的 (ja) (gijikagakuteki)
• Russian: псевдонаучный (ru) (psevdonaúčnyj)