"pseudoscience" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pseudoscience.wav [UK] Forms: pseudosciences [plural]
Etymology: pseudo- + science, 1796, originally "pſeudo-ſcience" in reference to alchemy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|pseudo-|science}} pseudo- + science Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pseudoscience (countable and uncountable, plural pseudosciences)
  1. Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pseudoscience-en-noun--oX4Qn3w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pseudo- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pseudo-: 56 44
  2. Fictitious science as portrayed in science fiction. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (purported science): pseudowetenskap (Afrikaans), yalan elmlər (Azerbaijani), лъженаука (lǎženauka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), псевдонаука (psevdonauka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pseudociència [feminine] (Catalan), زِڕزانِست (zirrzanist) (Central Kurdish), 偽科學 (Chinese Cantonese), 伪科学 (ngai⁶ fo¹ hok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 偽科學 (Chinese Mandarin), 伪科学 (wěikēxué) (Chinese Mandarin), pavěda [feminine] (Czech), pseudověda [feminine] (Czech), pseudovidenskab [common-gender] (Danish), pseudowetenschap [feminine] (Dutch), pseŭdoscienco (Esperanto), falsscienco (Esperanto), pseudoteadus (Estonian), pseudotiede (Finnish), näennäistiede (Finnish), pseudo-science [feminine] (French), ფსევდომეცნიერება (psevdomecniereba) (Georgian), Pseudowissenschaft [feminine] (German), ψευδοεπιστήμη (psevdoepistími) [feminine] (Greek), છદ્મવિજ્ઞાન (chadmavijñān) (Gujarati), સ્યુડોસાયન્સમાં (syuḍosāyansamā̃) (Gujarati), áltudomány (Hungarian), hjáfræði (Icelandic), pseudoscienza [feminine] (Italian), 疑似科学 (gijikagaku) (alt: ぎじかがく) (Japanese), жалған ғылым (jalğan ğylym) (Kazakh), 의사과학 (uisagwahak) (alt: 擬似科學) (Korean), 유사과학 (yusagwahak) (alt: 類似科學) (Korean), 사이비과학 (saibigwahak) (alt: 似而非科學) (Korean), pseidozinātne (Latvian), pseudomokslas [masculine] (Lithuanian), കപടശാസ്ത്രം (kapaṭaśāstraṁ) (Malayalam), - (/⁠mānāgdānišn⁠/) (Middle Persian), pseudovitenskap [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pseudovitskap [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), شبهعلم (Persian), pseudonauka [feminine] (Polish), pseudociência [feminine] (Portuguese), pseudoștiință [feminine] (Romanian), псевдонау́ка (psevdonaúka) [feminine] (Russian), лженау́ка (lženaúka) [feminine] (Russian), pseudoznanost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), psiuduscènzia [feminine] (Sicilian), scènzia fausa [feminine] (Sicilian), paveda [feminine] (Slovak), psevdoznanost [feminine] (Slovene), pseudociencia [feminine] (Spanish), pseudovetenskap [common-gender] (Swedish), போலி அறிவியல் (pōli aṟiviyal) (Tamil), วิทยาศาสตร์เทียม (Thai), sahte bilim (Turkish), псевдонау́ка (psevdonaúka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), лженау́ка (lženaúka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), soxta fan (Uzbek), ngụy khoa học (alt: 偽科學) (Vietnamese), giả khoa học (alt: 假科學) (Vietnamese), ffugwyddor [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-pseudoscience-en-noun-E9lVb0gW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'purported science': 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Pseudoscience Synonyms: pseudo-science Derived forms: pseudoscientific, pseudoscientifically, pseudoscientist Related terms: parascience

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      "word": "giả khoa học"
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      "code": "cy",
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