See pseudoscience on Wiktionary
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jalğan ğylym",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "жалған ғылым"
},
{
"alt": "擬似科學",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "uisagwahak",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "의사과학"
},
{
"alt": "類似科學",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yusagwahak",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "유사과학"
},
{
"alt": "似而非科學",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "saibigwahak",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "사이비과학"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "zirrzanist",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "زِڕزانِست"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "pseidozinātne"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudomokslas"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kapaṭaśāstraṁ",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "കപടശാസ്ത്രം"
},
{
"code": "pal",
"lang": "Middle Persian",
"roman": "/mānāgdānišn/",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "-"
},
{
"code": "pal",
"lang": "Pahlavi",
"note": "[Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾnʾkdʾnšn')",
"raw_tags": [
"Book Pahlavi"
],
"sense": "purported science"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudovitenskap"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pseudovitskap"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "شبهعلم"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pseudonauka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pseudociência"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pseudoștiință"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "psevdonaúka",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "псевдонау́ка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lženaúka",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лженау́ка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pseudoznanost"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "psiuduscènzia"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scènzia fausa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paveda"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "psevdoznanost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pseudociencia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pseudovetenskap"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "pōli aṟiviyal",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "போலி அறிவியல்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "วิทยาศาสตร์เทียม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "sahte bilim"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "psevdonaúka",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "псевдонау́ка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lženaúka",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лженау́ка"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "soxta fan"
},
{
"alt": "偽科學",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "ngụy khoa học"
},
{
"alt": "假科學",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "purported science",
"word": "giả khoa học"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "purported science",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ffugwyddor"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pseudoscience"
],
"word": "pseudoscience"
}
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