Meaning of pseudoscientific | Babel Free

Definitions

Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though purporting to be scientific.

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Examples

“[…] 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.”

“Some pseudoscientific theories explain what nonbelievers cannot even observe, for example, orgone energy.”

“Don’t let manipulative state legislators misrepresent science and fearmonger you into giving them money. At the very least, don’t let them continue with their false pseudoscientific assertions. Pressure them to do their jobs and introduce real evidence-based legislation – like the Equality Act – that will improve lives.”

“The trolls did not match the old professional racists’ stuffy style, but they found use in their pseudoscientific graphics.”

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