pseudoscience

noun

pseu·do·sci·ence ˌsü-dō-ˈsī-ən(t)s

: a system of theories, assumptions, and methods erroneously regarded as scientific

pseudoscientific

ˌsü-dō-ˌsī-ən-ˈti-fik

adjective

pseudoscientist

ˌsü-dō-ˈsī-ən-tist

noun

Examples of pseudoscience in a Sentence

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Researchers have firmly debunked claims that a full moon causes more crime or emergency-room visits as pseudoscience. —

Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024 However, some people have taken the vagus nerve’s expansive bodily influence as an invitation to engage in pseudoscience. —

R Douglas Fields, WIRED, 29 Sep. 2024 His pseudoscience thus dominated Soviet academia for decades—causing profound damage to Russian research and agricultural production. —

Loren R. Graham, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016 Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery. —

F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pseudoscience