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English
Etymology
From pseudo- + scientist.
Noun
pseudoscientist (plural pseudoscientists)
- (derogatory) A practitioner of pseudoscience; a bogus or sham scientist.
1972, Michael Martin, Concepts of Science Education: A Philosophical Analysis:The pseudoscientist will claim that these theories are well supported by the evidence...
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Translations
practitioner of pseudoscience
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 偽科學家／伪科学家 (wěikēxuéjiā)
- Finnish: pseudotieteilijä
- French: pseudo-scientifique (fr) m or f, pseudoscientifique (fr) m or f
- German: Pseudowissenschaftler m, Pseudowissenschaftlerin f, Pseudowissenschafter m (Austrian), Pseudowissenschafterin f (Austrian), Afterwissenschaftler m, Afterwissenschaftlerin f, Scheinwissenschaftler m, Scheinwissenschaftlerin f, Afterforscher m, Afterforscherin f, Aftergelehrter m, Aftergelehrte f, After-Gelehrter m, After-Gelehrte f
- Russian: лжеучёный m (lžeučónyj), псевдоучёный m (psevdoučónyj)
- Spanish: seudocientífico (es) m
- Ukrainian: псевдонауко́вець m (psevdonaukóvecʹ), псевдовче́ний m (psevdovčényj)
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