pseudodiscipline
pseudodiscipline noun: an area of study that has a limited resemblance to an academic discipline.
Noun
pseudodiscipline (plural pseudodisciplines)
- An area of study that has a limited resemblance to an academic discipline.
- If this is the kind of reasoning that "dialectical logic" encourages, the chief function of that pseudodiscipline would seem to be to facilitate conceptual confusion.1974, John Somerville, Howard L. Parsons, Dialogues on the Philosophy of Marxism, page 77
- In October 1956 the Academy of Sciences held a session that legitimated cybernetics, which had been denounced by Stalinist science and propaganda as a pseudodiscipline.2009, Vladislav Zubok, V. M Zubok, Zhivago's Children: The Last Russian Intelligentsia, page 381
Forms of pseudodiscipline
| plural | pseudodisciplines |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pseudo-discipline |
Origin of pseudodiscipline
From pseudo- + discipline.
Questions about pseudodiscipline
- What does pseudodiscipline mean?
- Pseudodiscipline means an area of study that has a limited resemblance to an academic discipline.
- What part of speech is pseudodiscipline?
- Pseudodiscipline is a noun.
- What is the plural of pseudodiscipline?
- The plural of pseudodiscipline is pseudodisciplines.
Words near pseudodiscipline in the dictionary
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