pseudosociology

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English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ sociology.

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Noun

pseudosociology (countable and uncountable, plural pseudosociologies)

  1. A false or superficial version of sociology.
    • 1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader:
      As a result, concern for the salvation of souls has been replaced by pseudosociology, pop psychology, and humanist theology.
    • 2009, Michael Ford, Wounded Prophet: A Portrait of Henri J.M. Nouwen, →ISBN, page 8:
      Real theological thinking was thinking with the mind of Christ, not engaging in what he termed pseudopsychology, pseudosociology, and pseudo-social work.
    • 2012, R. Treves, Norms and Actions: National Reports on Sociology of Law, →ISBN:
      In this way, the sociological view appropriate to the Marxist theory of law became a pseudosociology []