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pseudoscientist

noun

  1. person who advocates pseudoscience
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English scientist English pseudoscientist From pseudo- + scientist.

  1. A practitioner of pseudoscience; a bogus or sham scientist.

    Near-synonym: scientician (in its modern sense)

    The pseudoscientist will claim that these theories are well supported by the evidence...