pseudoscience
noun
pseu·do·sci·ence ˌsü-dō-ˈsī-ən(t)s 
: a system of theories, assumptions, and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
pseudoscientific
ˌsü-dō-ˌsī-ən-ˈti-fik
adjective pseudoscientist
ˌsü-dō-ˈsī-ən-tist
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Such a feat is made much harder by the lingering stigma that UFO research is pseudoscience. 
Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2022 Hitting back, White House press secretary Jen Psaki accused DeSantis of being part of a cadre of politicians and social media commentators on the right who advocate pseudoscience. Stephen Collinson, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022 This pseudoscience was adopted by Adolph Hitler, the Ku Klux Klan, and eugenicists to serve hateful propaganda purposes. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022 Some 60 years later, by the 1950s, the application of scientific scrutiny had helped our nation (and SCOTUS) realize that racialized pseudoscience was harmful to both child education and American society. Robert Pearl, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Overwhelmingly, these discussions describe the diatribe as relying on pseudoscience or discredited science and co-opting or misreading mainstream science. Emily Klancher Merchant, STAT, 23 June 2022 The groups say the technology is discriminatory, manipulative, punitive, a data security risk and based on pseudoscience. Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 11 May 2022 What followed was 16 submissions, grounded in racialist pseudoscience, speculating about what made people Black. Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022 It’s like a university science department establishing a lab to study fad diets promoted by Dr. Oz, funded by the pseudoscience-spouting celebrity. Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022 See More
Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2022 Hitting back, White House press secretary Jen Psaki accused DeSantis of being part of a cadre of politicians and social media commentators on the right who advocate pseudoscience. Stephen Collinson, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022 This pseudoscience was adopted by Adolph Hitler, the Ku Klux Klan, and eugenicists to serve hateful propaganda purposes. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022 Some 60 years later, by the 1950s, the application of scientific scrutiny had helped our nation (and SCOTUS) realize that racialized pseudoscience was harmful to both child education and American society. Robert Pearl, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Overwhelmingly, these discussions describe the diatribe as relying on pseudoscience or discredited science and co-opting or misreading mainstream science. Emily Klancher Merchant, STAT, 23 June 2022 The groups say the technology is discriminatory, manipulative, punitive, a data security risk and based on pseudoscience. Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 11 May 2022 What followed was 16 submissions, grounded in racialist pseudoscience, speculating about what made people Black. Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022 It’s like a university science department establishing a lab to study fad diets promoted by Dr. Oz, funded by the pseudoscience-spouting celebrity. Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1796, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
pseudoscience
noun
pseu·do·sci·ence ˌsüd-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s
: a system of theories, assumptions, and methods erroneously regarded as scientific