pseudosociology

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ sociology.

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Noun

pseudosociology (countable and uncountable, plural pseudosociologies)

1. A false or superficial version of sociology.
   • 1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     As a result, concern for the salvation of souls has been replaced by pseudosociology, pop psychology, and humanist theology.

   • 2009, Michael Ford, Wounded Prophet: A Portrait of Henri J.M. Nouwen‎^[2], →ISBN, page 8:

     Real theological thinking was thinking with the mind of Christ, not engaging in what he termed pseudopsychology, pseudosociology, and pseudo-social work.

   • 2012, R. Treves, Norms and Actions: National Reports on Sociology of Law‎^[3], →ISBN:

     In this way, the sociological view appropriate to the Marxist theory of law became a pseudosociology […]

Related terms

• pseudophilosophy
• pseudopsychology
• pseudoscience