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

Recent Examples on the Web

Campus attacks became the practical arm of classroom theory, forming a feedback loop between pseudoscience and persecution. —Carlo J.v. Caro, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025

The Soviets tried to legislate away genetics and natural selection in favor of a pseudoscience more in line with Communist ideology. —Alex Knapp, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025

Keep your mom away from jade eggs and pseudoscience! —Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025

Details of the characters’ psychologies — Belle’s impulse to fake an ailment whenever she’s threatened, or Milla’s doubling down on pseudoscience to protect herself from facing mortality — are introduced, underlined, and then hammered over repeatedly. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pseudoscience

• geoscience
• neuroscience
• noncompliance
• appliance
• compliance
• defiance
• reliance
• science

Medical Definition

pseudoscience

noun

pseu·​do·​sci·​ence ˌsüd-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s 

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

pseudoscientific

-ˌsī-ən-ˈtif-ik 

adjective