Junk science

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounAssertions that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of scientific support.

"His testimony was worse than science fiction: it was junk science."

2.nounA cluster of assertions, publications, and experts that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of a scientific specialty.

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