adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though purporting to be scientific.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
From pseudoscience + -ific, by analogy with scientific, equivalent to pseudo- + scientific.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
псеўданавуко́вы
(psjewdanavukóvy)
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Catalan:
pseudocientífic
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Chinese Mandarin:
偽科學的 /伪科学的
(wěikēxué de)
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Czech:
pavědecký
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Czech:
pseudovědecký
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Danish:
pseudovidenskabelig
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Dutch:
pseudowetenschappelijk
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Esperanto:
pseŭdoscienca
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Finnish:
pseudotieteellinen
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Finnish:
näennäistieteellinen
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
French:
pseudo-scientifique
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
French:
pseudoscientifique
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Georgian:
ფსევდომეცნიერული
(psevdomecnieruli)
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
German:
pseudowissenschaftlich
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
German:
afterwissenschaftlich
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
German:
scheinwissenschaftlich
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Hungarian:
áltudományos
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Ido:
pseudociencala
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Japanese:
疑似科学的
(gijikagakuteki)
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Kazakh:
жалған ғылыми
(jalğan ğylymi)
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Kazakh:
жалған ғылымдық
(jalğan ğylymdyq)
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Norwegian Bokmål:
pseudovitenskapelig
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pseudovitskapeleg
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pseudovitskapleg
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Polish:
pseudonaukowy
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Portuguese:
pseudocientífico
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Russian:
псевдонау́чный
(psevdonaúčnyj)
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Spanish:
pseudocientífico
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Swedish:
pseudovetenskaplig
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
Ukrainian:
псевдонауко́вий
(psevdonaukóvyj)
— of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
