pseudoscience
See also: pseŭdoscience and pseudo-science
English
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Noun
pseudoscience (countable and uncountable, plural pseudosciences)
- 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 …
- 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:
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purported science
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- 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
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