pseudoservice

Etymology

From pseudo- + service.

pseudoservice means something offered or presented as a service that is not actually useful. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

Something offered or presented as a service that is not actually useful.“The pushing of doorbells, the recording of “contacts,” and the requirement of monthly reports all add up to expensive pseudoservices. At best they constitute a costly but useless frenzy of activity.”
Formal or clerical rituals that are imagined to serve God, as distinguished from genuine good or pleasing actions.