Word info

pseudo-science

Noun

Meaning

pseudo-science (countable and uncountable, plural pseudo-sciences)

Alternative spelling of pseudoscience

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive. Carl Sagan

Far too large a section of the treatment of disease is to-day controlled by the big manufacturing pharmacists, who have enslaved us in a plausible pseudo-science. William Osler

Whether the ice caps melt, or expand - whatever happens - the anthropogenic global warming theorists claim it confirms their theory. A perfect example of a pseudo-science like astrology. Frank J. Tipler

Much in the study of the paranormal was what we would now call pseudo-science. But the line between science and pseudo-science is smudged and shifting; where it lies seems clear only in retrospect. There is no pristine science untouched by the vagaries of faith. John N. Gray

Cameos from self-aggrandising buffoons Clive Palmer and Sam Newman deserve a special mention: a charismatic but vacuous blend of ignorance and self-interest masquerading as pseudo-science, attracted to the spotlight as flies are attracted to dung. Source: Internet

These have imprisoned us and we stand no chance of escaping until we purge ourselves of pseudo-science and ancient culture that bear no connect with the science of modernity. Source: Internet

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