pseudociência
Portuguese, noun/piˌsew.du.siˈẽ.sjɐ/
pseudociência is spelled P-S-E-U-D-O-C-I-Ê-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pseudociência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pseudoscience (purported science)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer tipo de informação que se afirma baseada em fatos científicos, mas que não são resultado da…”.
What does pseudociência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepseudoscience (purported science)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualquer tipo de informação que se afirma baseada em fatos científicos, mas que não são resultado da aplicação de métodos científicos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pseudociência
- pseudociências plural
- pseudosciencia alternative obsolete rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pseudociência?
- Brazil /piˌsew.du.siˈẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil [piˌseʊ̯.du.siˈẽ.sjɐ]
- Brazil /piˌsew.duˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pseudociência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pseudociência in Portuguese?
pseudociência appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).