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quasi-scientific

quasi-scientific adjective: seemingly scientific, especially by using the language but not the methods or rigour of science.

Adjective

quasi-scientific (comparative more quasi-scientific, superlative most quasi-scientific)

  1. Seemingly scientific, especially by using the language but not the methods or rigour of science.
    • There are endless amounts of information at your finger tips; quasi-scientific bullshit, utterly terrible advice and uninformed answers.2017 March 14, Kevin Curry, “Beware Fuckarounditis - Because Fitness Really is Simple”, in Gear & Grit

Forms of quasi-scientific

comparativemore quasi-scientific
superlativemost quasi-scientific
alternative formquasiscientific

Origin of quasi-scientific

From quasi- + scientific.

Questions about quasi-scientific

What does quasi-scientific mean?
Quasi-scientific means seemingly scientific, especially by using the language but not the methods or rigour of science.
What part of speech is quasi-scientific?
Quasi-scientific is an adjective.

Words near quasi-scientific in the dictionary

  1. quasi-sacred
  2. quasi-satellite
  3. quasi-satellites
  4. quasi-science
  5. quasi-sciences
  6. quasi-scientific
  7. quasi-solid
  8. quasi-solids
  9. quasi-spin
  10. quasi-star
  11. quasi-stars

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