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junk science

junk science noun: assertions or methods that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of scientific legitimacy.

Noun

junk science (countable and uncountable, plural junk sciences)

  1. (derogatory) Assertions or methods that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of scientific legitimacy.
    • His testimony was worse than science fiction: it was junk science.
    • Our field falls neither in the category of immediately acceptable DNA experts at one end of the spectrum nor in the category of the immediately unacceptable so-called junk sciences at the other end.2006, Roger W. Shuy, Linguistics in the Courtroom: A Practical Guide, page 99

Forms of junk science

pluraljunk sciences

Questions about junk science

What does junk science mean?
Junk science means assertions or methods that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of scientific legitimacy.
What part of speech is junk science?
Junk science is a noun.
What is the plural of junk science?
The plural of junk science is junk sciences.

Words near junk science in the dictionary

  1. junk party
  2. junk rig
  3. junk rigs
  4. junk ring
  5. junk rings
  6. junk science
  7. junk sciences
  8. junk shop
  9. junk shops
  10. junk shot
  11. junk shots

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