pseudoscientificadj.

Brit.

/ˌs(j)uːdəʊˌsʌɪənˈtɪfɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌsudoʊˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pseudo- comb. form, scientific adj.

Etymology: < pseudo- comb. form + scientific adj., after pseudoscience n.

Spuriously scientific; falsely or mistakenly claimed or regarded as scientific; of or characteristic of pseudoscience.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [adjective] > false

pseudoscientific1836

woo-woo1986

1836 Times 11 May 4/3 Indifferent to everything in the world but the ‘scientific’, or the pseudo-scientific, relations between certain causes and certain consequences.

1873 Q. Rev. 135 192 The pseudo-scientific teachers of what has..been termed..the Agnostic Philosophy.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 472/1 This was the pseudo-scientific note of the new anti-Semitism, the theory which differentiated it from the old religious Jew-hatred.

1914 R. A. S. Macalister Philistines ii. 44 The pseudo-scientific hypothesis that Samson (like Achilles..and other demonstrated characters of mythology) was a solar myth.

1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 348/1 Mentality... Some like it because it is longer than mind;..and some because it has a pseudo-scientific sound about it that may impress the reader.

1996 City Paper (Baltimore) 22 May 13/1 Each statue is accompanied by an explanatory sign, written in a bizarre pidgin English that, I imagine, is supposed to lend a certain pseudoscientific quality to the captions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pseudoscientific
释义	pseudoscientificadj. Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdəʊˌsʌɪənˈtɪfɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌsudoʊˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pseudo- comb. form, scientific adj. Etymology: < pseudo- comb. form + scientific adj., after pseudoscience n. Spuriously scientific; falsely or mistakenly claimed or regarded as scientific; of or characteristic of pseudoscience. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [adjective] > false pseudoscientific1836 woo-woo1986 1836 Times 11 May 4/3 Indifferent to everything in the world but the ‘scientific’, or the pseudo-scientific, relations between certain causes and certain consequences. 1873 Q. Rev. 135 192 The pseudo-scientific teachers of what has..been termed..the Agnostic Philosophy. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 472/1 This was the pseudo-scientific note of the new anti-Semitism, the theory which differentiated it from the old religious Jew-hatred. 1914 R. A. S. Macalister Philistines ii. 44 The pseudo-scientific hypothesis that Samson (like Achilles..and other demonstrated characters of mythology) was a solar myth. 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 348/1 Mentality... Some like it because it is longer than mind;..and some because it has a pseudo-scientific sound about it that may impress the reader. 1996 City Paper (Baltimore) 22 May 13/1 Each statue is accompanied by an explanatory sign, written in a bizarre pidgin English that, I imagine, is supposed to lend a certain pseudoscientific quality to the captions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1836
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