junk science

Noun

derogatory uncountable countable

(uncountable, derogatory) Assertions that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of scientific support.

Japanese Meaning

（軽蔑的な意味で）科学的な支持があるように見せかけながら、実際には信頼できる根拠がない主張や理論を指す。 / 表面的には科学的に見えるが、実際は誤った、または不十分な科学的データに基づく説や見解。

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The judge rejected the expert's testimony because it was based on junk science rather than rigorous research.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

裁判官は専門家の証言を、厳密な研究ではなく疑似科学に基づくものだとして退けた。

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Sense（1）

(uncountable, derogatory) Assertions that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of scientific support.

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

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Sense（2）

Our field falls neither in the category of immediately acceptable DNA experts at one end of the spectrum nor in the category of the immediately unacceptable so-called junk sciences at the other end.

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junk sciences

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