pseudoscience

See also: pseŭdoscience and pseudo-science

English

Alternative forms

• pseudo-science

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ science, 1796, originally in reference to alchemy.

Noun

pseudoscience (countable and uncountable, plural pseudosciences)

1. Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method.
   • 1796, James Pettit Andrews, Robert Henry, History of Great Britain, from the death of Henry viii. to the accession of James vi. of Scotland to the crown of England p. 87:

     The fantastical pseudo-science of alchemy has in all ages had its numerous votaries …

Derived terms

• pseudoscientific
• pseudoscientifically
• pseudoscientist

 

Translations

purported science

• Catalan: pseudociència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偽科學 (zh), 伪科学 (zh) (wěikēxué)

• Czech: pavěda f, pseudověda f
• Danish: pseudovidenskab c
• Dutch: pseudowetenschap (nl) f
• Esperanto: pseŭdoscienco
• Finnish: pseudotiede (fi), näennäistiede
• French: pseudo-science (fr) f
• German: Pseudowissenschaft (de) f
• Greek: ψευδοεπιστήμη (el) f (psevdoepistími)
• Hungarian: áltudomány (hu)

• Italian: pseudoscienza f
• Japanese: 疑似科学 (ぎじかがく, gijikagaku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pseudovitenskap m

  Nynorsk: pseudovitskap m

• Portuguese: pseudociência f
• Russian: псевдонау́ка (ru) f (psevdonaúka), лженау́ка (ru) f (lženaúka)
• Serbo-Croatian: nadrinauka f
• Slovak: paveda f
• Spanish: pseudociencia (es) f
• Swedish: pseudovetenskap (sv) c

See also

• parascience