pseudoscientific
adjective
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adj
Etymology: From pseudoscience + -ific, by analogy with scientific, equivalent to pseudo- + scientific.
- 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.”
“Many postsecondary educators are concerned about the rising tide of pseudoscientific, fundamentally anti-intellectual belief among otherwise well educated Americans.”