pseudolinguistics
pseudolinguistics is the alternative form of pseudo-linguistics.
Meaning of pseudo-linguistics
Noun
pseudo-linguistics (uncountable)
- Work purporting to fall under the scholarly field of linguistics but falling short of its standards; linguistic pseudo-scholarship.
- Roy Medvedev deals with the less known but even odder pseudo-linguistics of Nikolai Marr.Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 2 May 2004, R7
Origin of pseudolinguistics
From pseudo- + linguistics.
Questions about pseudolinguistics
- What is pseudolinguistics the alternative form of?
- Pseudolinguistics is the alternative form of pseudo-linguistics.
Words near pseudolinguistics in the dictionary
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