Etymology

pseudoscientific

pseu·do·sci·en·tif·ic

Today it means: Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though purporting to be scientific. Full definition →

English scientificinflu. ← Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
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  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  7. Latinsciō
  8. Latinsciēns
  9. Latinscientia
  10. Old Frenchscience
  11. Middle Englishscience
  12. Englishscience
  13. Englishpseudoscience
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  15. Proto-Italic*θakos
  16. Englishscientificinflu.
  17. English todaypseudoscientific

From pseudoscience + -ific, influenced by scientific. By surface analysis, pseudo- + scientific. First attested in 1836.

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