pseudoscientist
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8.6
- noun
- /ˌsuːdoʊˈsaɪəntɪst/
- Offensive
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seudocientífico
- Although they believe NASA scientists to be hopelessly corrupt, the pseudoscientists nonetheless aspire to appropriate the authority and prestige of science.
Another way to tell pseudoscience from science is that a lot of pseudoscientists like to brag with making predictions.
- Another way to tell pseudoscience from science is that a lot of pseudoscientists like to brag with making predictions.
Examples
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It's the lazy pseudoscientist's way of attempting to appear to be a scientist by hitching a ride on the back of a real scientist, and preferably one who has high visibility and celebrity.
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Many pseudoscientists make extraordinary claims that are not supported by scientific methods.
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If he will not, then Tamino is a pseudoscientist and not a scientist.
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Pseudoscientists' mistakes tend to be directional.
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Another way to tell pseudoscience from science is that a lot of pseudoscientists like to brag with making predictions.
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Many pseudoscientists are remarkably, if selectively, well-informed about space science and technology.
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This is a tactic widely used by pseudoscientists and regarded with suspicion by scholars.
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The pseudoscientist theorists agree that the government is covering up evidence of extraterrestrial visitors, but do not think the extraterrestrials are necessarily benign.
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The most dedicated space conspiracy theorists fall into three more-or-less distinct types: New Agers, pseudoscientists, and religious fundamentalists.
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The pseudoscientist claimed that their research proved the existence of ghosts without any real evidence.
Synonyms
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A person who pretends to have feelings or beliefs to deceive others
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A person who pretends to be someone they are not
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A person who says they have special skills to trick people
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A person who pretends to be someone else or lies to trick people
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A person who acts friendly or helpful but does not really feel that way
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A person who tricks people into believing something false for fun or attention
A person who pretends to know a lot without real understanding
A person who pretends to know things but does not understand them
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word pseudoscientist combines the prefix pseudo- meaning 'false', as in pseudonym which means 'false name', and scientist. So a pseudoscientist is someone who looks like a scientist but pretends to be one and promotes ideas that are not supported by real evidence.