[…] another example of the desire to control deviant lifestyles: the preparation by the FBI of pseudoscientific "profiles" that purport to describe the murderers.
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Pseudoscientific
Synonyms for "pseudoscientific" (3 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Related words (1)
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2 entriesrelated to
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2 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 23 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- псеўданавуко́вы adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Catalan
1 entries- pseudocientífic adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 偽科學的 /伪科学的 adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Czech
2 entries- pavědecký adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
- pseudovědecký adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Danish
1 entries- pseudovidenskabelig adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Dutch
1 entries- pseudowetenschappelijk adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Esperanto
1 entries- pseŭdoscienca adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Finnish
2 entries- näennäistieteellinen adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
- pseudotieteellinen adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
French
2 entries- pseudo-scientifique adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
- pseudoscientifique adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Georgian
1 entries- ფსევდომეცნიერული adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
German
3 entries- afterwissenschaftlich adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
- pseudowissenschaftlich adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
- scheinwissenschaftlich adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Hungarian
1 entries- áltudományos adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Ido
1 entries- pseudociencala adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Japanese
1 entries- 疑似科学的 adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Kazakh
2 entries- жалған ғылымдық adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
- жалған ғылыми adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pseudovitenskapelig adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- pseudovitskapeleg adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
- pseudovitskapleg adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Polish
1 entries- pseudonaukowy adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Portuguese
1 entries- pseudocientífico adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Russian
1 entries- псевдонау́чный adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Spanish
1 entries- pseudocientífico adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Swedish
1 entries- pseudovetenskaplig adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Ukrainian
1 entries- псевдонауко́вий adj (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Many postsecondary educators are concerned about the rising tide of pseudoscientific, fundamentally anti-intellectual belief among otherwise well educated Americans.
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Some pseudoscientific theories explain what nonbelievers cannot even observe, for example, orgone energy.
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Don’t let manipulative state legislators misrepresent science and fearmonger you into giving them money. At the very least, don’t let them continue with their false pseudoscientific assertions. Pressure them to do their jobs and introduce real evidence-based legislation – like the Equality Act – that will improve lives.
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