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PSEUDOSCIENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pseudoscience mean?
• PSEUDOSCIENCE (noun)
The noun PSEUDOSCIENCE has 1 sense:
1. an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
Familiarity information: PSEUDOSCIENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pseudoscience" is a kind of...):
fallacy; false belief (a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pseudoscience"):
astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
alchemy (a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times)
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