also pseudoscience, "a pretended or mistaken science," 1796 (the earliest reference is to alchemy), from pseudo- + science.
The term pseudo-science is hybrid, and therefore objectionable. Pseudognosy would be better etymology, but the unlearned might be apt to association with it the idea of a dog's nose, and thus, instead of taking "the eel of science by the tail," take the cur of science by the snout; so that all things considered we had better adopt the current term pseudo-sciences ["The Pseudo-Sciences," in "The St. James Magazine," January 1842]
双语例句
1. What a load of pompous, pseudo-intellectual rot.
真是自命不凡的伪知识分子的一派胡言！
来自柯林斯例句
2. Her care for the poor is completely pseudo.
她对穷人的关心完全是假的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. This paper has focused on Pseudo - Chaotic Time Hopping scheme which is based on Impulse Radio system.
