Meanings
nounVelikovskyism (uncountable)
- uncountablepseudoscienceA pseudohistorical interpretation of ancient history and mythology as shaped by catastrophic cosmic events.
I had read Martin Gardner's polemics against pseudosciences like Scientology and Velikovskyism, and I was on the lookout for more.
2018, David Auerbach, Bitwise: A Life in Code, Vintage, →ISBN
Origin
From Velikovsky + -ism, named after Russian-American psychoanalyst Immanuel Velikovsky (1895–1979).
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Velikovskyism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Velikovskyism
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Chicago
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