Pseudo-linguistics

Alternative forms

• pseudolinguistics

Origin

- + linguistics. First attested 1962 (OED).

Modelled on the earlier adjective pseudolinguistic (as in "pseudolinguistic science", attested 1915).

Full definition of pseudo-linguistics

Noun

1. publications purporting to fall under the scholarly field of linguistics but falling short of its standards. Linguistic pseudo-scholarship.Roy Medvedev deals with the less known but even odder pseudo-linguistics of Nikolai Marr. ( Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 2 May 2004, R7; cited after OED)