1. a person who claims to practice or teach science but lacks proper scientific training, credentials, or methodology; someone who promotes pseudoscience.
Usage: often used critically or pejoratively; common in academic and educational contexts

Examples

• The nutritionist was dismissed as a pseudoscientist for making unproven claims about miracle cures.
• Critics called the alternative medicine practitioner a pseudoscientist because his methods lacked scientific evidence.
• Many pseudoscientists exploit people's fears and hopes to sell ineffective products.
• The documentary exposed several pseudoscientists who misrepresented their qualifications.
• Real scientists distinguish themselves from pseudoscientists by following rigorous experimental protocols.
• She was accused of being a pseudoscientist after publishing results that other researchers could not replicate.