0 a system of thought or a theory that is not formed in a scientific way
It has long been clear that phrenology was not merely an oppressed pseudo-science, but one that contributed significantly to the modern human sciences.
Liberal economics could be portrayed as pseudo-science, to be exposed and condemned as the servant of whatever power is in place.
The term "pseudo-science" assumes a criterion that allows a differentiation between science and nonscience, good science and bad science, true and false.
It would be pseudo-science to assume cultural transmission without ruling out genetic and environmental explanations because few observations would conflict with diverse and flexible learning rules.
It rests on nothing more substantial than pseudo-science, compounded of anecdotal evidence, selective surveys and statistical jiggery-pokery.
Let me point out also that, conversely, pseudo-science is recommended for action.
They must try to understand them and not put out in television programmes the sort of pseudo-science that does not exist in reality.
This is not science; it is pseudo-science of the worst kind.
