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From pseudo- + linguistics. First attested 1962 (OED). Modelled on the earlier adjective pseudolinguistic (as in "pseudolinguistic science", attested 1915).
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pseudo-linguistics
Today it means: Work purporting to fall under the scholarly field of linguistics but falling short of its standards; linguistic pseudo-scholarship. Full definition →