quasiscience

Etymology

From quasi- + science.

quasiscience means An area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.

noun

An area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science.“Bibliography series follows the by now familiar format, with some fifteen hundred annotated entries concentrating rather heavily on physics and philosophy but also including sections on schools and universities and on 'quasiscience'.”