PSEUDOSCIENCE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pseudoscience" is a kind of...):

fallacy; false belief (a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pseudoscience"):

astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)

alchemy (a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times)

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