English Dictionary

pseudo-discipline

名詞

別表記 異形

Alternative spelling of pseudodiscipline (area of study that has a limited resemblance to an academic discipline) / A false or ineffective imposition of punishment to maintain control.

日本語の意味

正統な学問分野とみなされず、学問的要素が制限された疑似的な学問分野としての意味。 / 統制を維持するために課される、効果が乏しいあるいは不適切な罰の実施としての意味。

Many academics dismiss urban folklore studies as a pseudo-discipline, despite its occasional methodological rigor.

多くの学者は、時折方法論的に厳密であるにもかかわらず、都市民俗学を学術的な分野にわずかにしか類似しない擬似学問分野だと軽視している。

意味（1）

Alternative spelling of pseudodiscipline (area of study that has a limited resemblance to an academic discipline)

Project Cycle Management with its methodological frills had now become another jargon-studded pseudo-discipline which could only be mastered after extensive training.

意味（2）

A false or ineffective imposition of punishment to maintain control.

But all this is not worthy of the name of discipline; it is pseudo-discipline as we shall see.

pseudo-disciplines （ plural ）