pseudoscience
Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uː.dəʊ.saɪ.əns/
The English word “pseudoscience” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science).
- Fictitious science as portrayed in science fiction.
Etymology
From pseudo- + science, first attested in 1796, in reference to alchemy.
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