"pseudoscientific" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more pseudoscientific [comparative], most pseudoscientific [superlative]
Etymology: From pseudoscience + -ific, by analogy with scientific. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|pseudoscience|-ific}} pseudoscience + -ific Head templates: {{en-adj}} pseudoscientific (comparative more pseudoscientific, superlative most pseudoscientific)
  1. Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though purporting to be scientific. Categories (topical): Pseudoscience Derived forms: pseudoscientifical, pseudoscientifically, pseudoscientificalness, pseudoscientificness Related terms: pseudomedical, pseudoprofessional, pseudoscience, pseudoscientism, pseudoscientist, pseudoscientistic Translations (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience): псеўданавуко́вы (psjeŭdanavukóvy) (Belarusian), pseudocientífic (Catalan), 偽科學的 (Chinese Mandarin), 伪科学的 (wěikēxué de) (Chinese Mandarin), pavědecký [masculine] (Czech), pseudovědecký [masculine] (Czech), pseudovidenskabelig (Danish), pseudowetenschappelijk (Dutch), pseŭdoscienca (Esperanto), pseudotieteellinen (Finnish), näennäistieteellinen (Finnish), pseudo-scientifique (French), pseudoscientifique (French), ფსევდომეცნიერული (psevdomecnieruli) (Georgian), pseudowissenschaftlich (German), afterwissenschaftlich (German), scheinwissenschaftlich (German), áltudományos (Hungarian), pseudociencala (Ido), 疑似科学的 (gijikagakuteki) (Japanese), жалған ғылыми (jalğan ğylymi) (Kazakh), жалған ғылымдық (jalğan ğylymdyq) (Kazakh), pseudovitenskapelig (Norwegian Bokmål), pseudovitskapeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), pseudovitskapleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), pseudonaukowy (Polish), pseudocientífico (Portuguese), псевдонау́чный (psevdonaúčnyj) (Russian), pseudocientífico (Spanish), pseudovetenskaplig (Swedish), псевдонауко́вий (psevdonaukóvyj) (Ukrainian)
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience",
      "word": "pseudonaukowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience",
      "word": "pseudocientífico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "psevdonaúčnyj",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience",
      "word": "псевдонау́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience",
      "word": "pseudocientífico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience",
      "word": "pseudovetenskaplig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "psevdonaukóvyj",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience",
      "word": "псевдонауко́вий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pseudoscientific"
}

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