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／伪科学的 (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
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• 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)