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pseudoscience
noun[ C or U ]
mainly USus/ˈsuː.doʊ.saɪ.əns/uk /ˈsjuː.dəʊ.saɪ.əns/(also mainly UKpseudo-science)
a system of thought or a theory that is not formed in a scientific way:
No lie was too big to tell, no bit of pseudoscience too ridiculous to pass off as legitimate.
It has been dismissed as pseudoscience - sometimes downright dangerous.
When pseudo-sciences are published, they are often published in journals that have "peer review" but are less rigorous than one would expect of the scientific mainstream.
In the absence of science he could see all sorts of myth and pseudoscience taking hold.
Pseudo-science has a nasty habit of reaching into every walk of life and infecting every debate.
Sometimes specific concepts and claims within a pseudoscience can be falsified, the efficacy of alternative medicines for example.
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