pseudoscience

pseudoscience
pseudoscientific /sooh'doh suy'euhn tif"ik/, adj.pseudoscientifically, adv.pseudoscientist, n.
/sooh'doh suy"euhns/, n.
any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
[1835-45; PSEUDO- + SCIENCE]

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