"pseudo-linguistics" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From pseudo- + linguistics. First attested 1962 (OED).\nModelled on the earlier adjective pseudolinguistic (as in \"pseudolinguistic science\", attested 1915).",
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          "text": "Roy Medvedev deals with the less known but even odder pseudo-linguistics of Nikolai Marr."
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