Pseudoarchaeology

//ˌs(j)uː.dəʊˌɑː.kiˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Pseudoscientific archaeology. countable, uncountable

    "Pseudoarchaeology appeals to people who are impatient with the deliberate pace of science and who like to believe that “there is always a faint possibility that…” Some of these “cult archaeologies” show all the signs of becoming personality cults, even religious movements."

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"Pseudoarchaeology appeals to people who are impatient with the deliberate pace of science and who like to believe that “there is always a faint possibility that…” Some of these “cult archaeologies” show all the signs of becoming personality cults, even religious movements."

Etymology

From pseudo- (“fake”) + archaeology.

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