Pseudoscience Vocabulary

verb to expose the falseness or hollowness of a myth, idea, or belief

• The scientist conducted a thorough study to debunk the myth surrounding climate change.
• I tried to debunk the rumor about the new employee, but no one believed me.
• I called out the fake news article and debunked it with facts.
• She was determined to debunk the illusion of perfection that social media often portrays.

noun a person who dishonestly claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine

• The veterinarian explained that ducks make a 'quack' sound.
• I heard a loud 'quack' coming from the pond.
• The comedian's joke landed with a 'quack' from the audience.
• The politician's promises turned out to be nothing but 'quackery'.

noun a made-up or nonsense word with no specific definition or meaning

• The scientist proposed a new theory based on the concept of flerf.
• I heard some people talking about flerf, but I'm not sure what it means.
• I don't believe in that flerf nonsense.
• The idea of flerf being true is like believing in fairy tales.

noun a person who has unconventional beliefs or practices, often related to spirituality or the supernatural

• The scientist dismissed the idea of woo-woo theories in their research.
• I don't really believe in all that woo-woo stuff like crystals and energy healing.
• She's always into that woo-woo spirituality stuff.
• His explanation sounded like a bunch of woo-woo nonsense.

noun a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

adjective a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it

adverb a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

conjunction a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

interjection an exclamation, especially as a part of speech

• The veterinarian explained that QUACKing is a common symptom among ducks with respiratory infections.
• I heard the ducks QUACKing loudly by the pond this morning.
• Stop QUACKing about your problems and deal with them head-on.
• The politician's promises were nothing but QUACKing to appease the public.