"pseudoscientist" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudoscientist.wav Forms: pseudoscientists [plural]
Etymology: From pseudo- + scientist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|pseudo-|scientist}} pseudo- + scientist Head templates: {{en-noun}} pseudoscientist (plural pseudoscientists)
  1. (derogatory) A practitioner of pseudoscience; a bogus or sham scientist. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): People, Pseudoscience Synonyms: pseudo-scientist Related terms: pseudoscience, pseudoscientific, pseudoscientistic, science Translations (practitioner of pseudoscience): 偽科學家 (Chinese Mandarin), 伪科学家 (wěikēxuéjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), pseudowetenschapper [masculine] (Dutch), pseudotieteilijä (Finnish), pseudo-scientifique [feminine, masculine] (French), pseudoscientifique [feminine, masculine] (French), Pseudowissenschaftler [masculine] (German), Pseudowissenschaftlerin [feminine] (German), Pseudowissenschafter [Austrian, masculine] (German), Pseudowissenschafterin [Austrian, feminine] (German), Afterwissenschaftler [masculine] (German), Afterwissenschaftlerin [feminine] (German), Scheinwissenschaftler [masculine] (German), Scheinwissenschaftlerin [feminine] (German), Afterforscher [masculine] (German), Afterforscherin [feminine] (German), Aftergelehrter [masculine] (German), Aftergelehrte [feminine] (German), After-Gelehrter [masculine] (German), After-Gelehrte [feminine] (German), лжеучёный (lžeučónyj) [masculine] (Russian), псевдоучёный (psevdoučónyj) [masculine] (Russian), seudocientífico [masculine] (Spanish), псевдонауко́вець (psevdonaukóvecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), псевдовче́ний (psevdovčényj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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