Meanings
nounpseudoscientist (plural pseudoscientists)
plural pseudoscientists · alternative pseudo-scientist
- derogatoryA practitioner of pseudoscience; a bogus or sham scientist.
Near-synonym: scientician (in its modern sense)
1 more example
The pseudoscientist will claim that these theories are well supported by the evidence...
1972, Michael Martin, Concepts of Science Education: A Philosophical AnalysisSynonyms: scientician · Antonyms: scientist
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
- Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
- Middle Englishpseudo-
- Englishpseudo-
- Englishscientist
- Englishpseudoscientist
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 偽科學家 /伪科学家
- 偽科學家 /伪科学家 (wěikēxuéjiā)practitioner of pseudoscience
Dutch pseudowetenschapper
- pseudowetenschapperpractitioner of pseudoscience
Finnish pseudotieteilijä
- pseudotieteilijäpractitioner of pseudoscience
French pseudo-scientifique, pseudoscientifique
- pseudo-scientifiquepractitioner of pseudoscience
- pseudoscientifiquepractitioner of pseudoscience
German Pseudowissenschaftler, Pseudowissenschaftlerin
- Pseudowissenschaftlerpractitioner of pseudoscience
- Pseudowissenschaftlerinpractitioner of pseudoscience
- Pseudowissenschafterpractitioner of pseudoscience
- Pseudowissenschafterinpractitioner of pseudoscience
- Afterwissenschaftlerpractitioner of pseudoscience
- Afterwissenschaftlerinpractitioner of pseudoscience
- Scheinwissenschaftlerpractitioner of pseudoscience
- Scheinwissenschaftlerinpractitioner of pseudoscience
- Afterforscherpractitioner of pseudoscience
- Afterforscherinpractitioner of pseudoscience
- Aftergelehrterpractitioner of pseudoscience
- Aftergelehrtepractitioner of pseudoscience
Russian лжеучёный, псевдоучёный
- лжеучёный (lžeučónyj)practitioner of pseudoscience
- псевдоучёный (psevdoučónyj)practitioner of pseudoscience
Spanish seudocientífico
- seudocientíficopractitioner of pseudoscience
Ukrainian псевдонауко́вець, псевдовче́ний
- псевдонауко́вець (psevdonaukóvecʹ)practitioner of pseudoscience
- псевдовче́ний (psevdovčényj)practitioner of pseudoscience
Cite this entry
APA
pseudoscientist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoscientist
MLA
“pseudoscientist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoscientist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoscientist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoscientist.
Source: pseudoscientist on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.