to pushing pseudoscience

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To promote false scientific claims without good evidence

phrasal verb

: promover pseudociencia

Some social media influencers have been pushing pseudoscience about health supplements.

Examples

The scientist was criticized for pushing pseudoscience in his public talks.
Don't push pseudoscience onto others!
Activists accused the company of pushing pseudoscience to boost product sales.
She is pushing pseudoscience in her blog.
Activists accused the company of pushing pseudoscience to boost product sales.
Some social media influencers have been pushing pseudoscience about health supplements.
The scientist was criticized for pushing pseudoscience in his public talks.

Surface Forms

push pseudoscience infinitive

pushing pseudoscience present participle

pushes pseudoscience third person singular

pushed pseudoscience past

pushed pseudoscience past participle

Morphology

push + pseudoscience

The meaning is directly compositional: 'push' (to promote/advocate) combined with 'pseudoscience' (beliefs lacking scientific validity) yields ‘promoting unsupported or false scientific claims.’ This verb + noun composition follows normal English patterns and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Pushing pseudoscience paints a simple picture: a person is pushing an idea forward, like handing out a product, while pseudoscience looks like real science but is 'false' or 'not proved'. That's why the phrase means 'actively promoting or supporting scientific claims that are not supported by evidence'.