pseudoscientific
Syllables: pseu·do·sci·en·tif·ic/ˌsuː.dəʊ̯ˌsaɪ̯.ənˈtɪf.ɪk//ˌsuː.dəʊ̯ˌsaɪ̯.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/
pseudoscientific adjective: of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though purporting to be scientific.
Adjective
pseudoscientific (comparative more pseudoscientific, superlative most pseudoscientific)
- Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though purporting to be scientific.
- […] another example of the desire to control deviant lifestyles: the preparation by the FBI of pseudoscientific "profiles" that purport to describe the murderers.1983 August 13, Mark McHarry, “FBI”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 4
- Many postsecondary educators are concerned about the rising tide of pseudoscientific, fundamentally anti-intellectual belief among otherwise well educated Americans.1996, Mark E. Ware, David E. Johnson, Handbook of Demonstrations and Activities in the Teaching of Psychology, volume I, →ISBN, page 13
Examples of pseudoscientific in a sentence
- Some pseudoscientific claims explain what non-believers cannot even observe, e.g. orgone energy, N-rays, or chi.2003 August 15 [1994], Robert Todd Carroll, “pseudoscience”, in The Skeptic's Dictionary, →ISBN, →OCLC:
- At the very least, don’t let them continue with their false pseudoscientific assertions.2021 June 24, Jack Turban and Jules Gill-Peterson, “Attacks on trans people are also attacks on science itself”, in CNN, archived from the...
- The trolls did not match the old professional racists’ stuffy style, but they found use in their pseudoscientific graphics.2022 May 20, Elle Reeve, “How White ‘replacement theory’ evolved from elderly racists to teens online to the alleged inspiration for...
Forms of pseudoscientific
| comparative | more pseudoscientific |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pseudoscientific |
| alternative form | pseudo-scientific |
Origin of pseudoscientific
From pseudoscience + -ific, influenced by scientific. By surface analysis, pseudo- + scientific. First attested in 1836.
Words formed from pseudoscientific
Words that rhyme with pseudoscientific
- specific
- prolific
- calorific
- colorific
- hieroglyphic
- honorific
- scientific
- terrific
- -ific
- biospecific
- calcific
- dolorific
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- febrific
- interspecific
- morbific
- organific
- pacific
- signific
- soporific
- sudorific
- triglyphic
- trispecific
- unterrific
- vaporific
- acidific
- algific
- allospecific
- anaglyphic
- anticalcific
- antiprolific
- aspecific
- aurific
- bioscientific
- bispecific
- carbonific
- chylific
- classific
- coelanaglyphic
- conspecific
- cornific
- cospecific
- crapperific
- damnific
- deific
- diaglyphic
- ditriglyphic
- frigorific
- geoglyphic
- grandific
- hipsterific
- horrific
- humilific
- inspecific
- lactific
- lapidific
- lithoglyphic
- lucific
- lucrific
- mirific
- nanospecific
Questions about pseudoscientific
- What does pseudoscientific mean?
- Pseudoscientific means of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though purporting to be scientific.
- How do you use pseudoscientific in a sentence?
- Some pseudoscientific claims explain what non-believers cannot even observe, e.g. orgone energy, N-rays, or chi.
- What part of speech is pseudoscientific?
- Pseudoscientific is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pseudoscientific?
- Pseudoscientific is pronounced /ˌsuː.dəʊ̯ˌsaɪ̯.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/.
Words near pseudoscientific in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudoscientific (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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