pseudo-science
noun [ C or U ] mainly UK uk/ˈsjuː.dəʊ.saɪ.əns/ us/ˈsuː.doʊ.saɪ.əns/ (also mainly US pseudoscience)
伪科学
a system of thought or a theory that is not formed in a scientific way
No lie was too big to tell, no bit of pseudo-science too ridiculous to pass off as legitimate.
It has been dismissed as pseudoscience - sometimes downright dangerous.
When pseudo-sciences are published, they are often published in journals that have "peer review" but are less rigorous than one would expect of the scientific mainstream.
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- In the absence of science he could see all sorts of myth and pseudo-science taking hold.
- Pseudo-science has a nasty habit of reaching into every walk of life and infecting every debate.
- Sometimes specific concepts and claims within a pseudoscience can be falsified, the efficacy of alternative medicines for example.