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pseudoship

It's when the projections and ideas of a person outweigh the reality and knowledge you currently possess of them. It's when a connection is driven more by optimism, than reality. It's usually found somewhere between the acquaintance stage and the friendship stage- though it often feels higher than the friendship stage because so much hope is invested in the potential manifestation of the person you're in the pseudoship with.
I love pseudoships because I'd rather have the potential of some than the reality of most.
by packphour September 7, 2005
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pseudoscience

A branch of science without an existing subject.

People engaged in either branch of pseudoscience claim it to be science, either from delusion, ignorance or greed (or all of it). Pseudoscience is invoked in explanations for paranormal phenomenons but not limited to.

Pseudoscience fails to fulfill the definition of science, e.g falsifiability, inconsistance and contradiction of existing knowledge, inabillity to make presumption based on observations or just making a testable hypothesis to an observed phenomenon.

Related to junk scince.
1. Theology - literary, the science of god
2. Intelligent Design - uses "Desinger did it" as a stand-in for argument ad ignorantiam on the science of evolution.
3. Most of the New Age concepts are pseudoscience, such as...
4. Homeopathy - contradicts most of molecular and medical science
by Tongaro September 6, 2009
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pseudosupportive

A term used to describe a type of sham emotional support that is not actually true support at all.
Our workplace offers a self-compassion seminar that is designed to appear helpful but is frankly merely pseudosupportive.
by Dr Bunnygirl March 26, 2019
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Pseudoscience Problem

The pseudoscience problem is a logical and pragmatic problem that understands the category of "pseudoscience" as a vague and bad category for analisys, since it can have a confuse using and even having inconsistent using majority of times, such as the neoatheist and materialist use of the term "pseudoscience" that might refer to everything that is not scientific and even to religious, spiritual, occult, supernatural, philosophical, cultural, social, political and economical themes.
"The pseudoscience problem shows how pseudoscience concept might be really inconsistent and problematic sometimes, mainly when used by neoatheists and materialists... We might need get into a new classification for scientific and non-scientific categories and even, maybe, counter neoatheism and materialism inside science, for avoid problems such as the pseudoscience problem."

"The pseudoscience problem is a good way to understand why we should be pragmatic and relativist inside scientific and non-scientific issues, mainly if it is about evidences, since we have evidences of all kinds, not just scientific evidences, it is even useful for show the cult to scientific/objective evidences might be countered inside science and the formulation of new ways to search for evidences and even adopt epistemological anarchism for openly scientific and non-scientific themes, since the scientific method might have its own problems such as pseudoscience concept."
by Full Monteirism January 6, 2021
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pseudohippie

liberal activists who support PETA, wear sweatshop-free clothing (from Urban Outfitters), pretend to listen to bob marley, smoke weed, and act like they are really involved in politics, man.
also tend to sport jewelry with peace signs.

when really, they don't believe in it as much as they just want to look cool.
pseudohippie: "Man, f*** bush! make love, not war guys! and pass the reefer!"

nonpseudohippie: "wtf, that girl is such a pseudohippie! her bag was probably made in a sweatshop! and i saw her driving through mcdonalds!"
by lauren_e October 30, 2007
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Pseudoscience

Noun - The process by which my grandmother reasons to her conclusion that Earth was created 6,000 years ago with fully evolved organisms.
Dude 1: Bro, this study says that using cell phones causes cancer.
Dude 2: (peruses study design and results) Looks like pseudoscience to me.
Dude 1: But it’s true because I’m afraid that it’s true.
Dude 2: Well, I’m afraid that it’s not true.
by True_Lust July 21, 2019
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pseudophile

One who is attracted to fake things. Implants, prostheses, blow-up dolls... all of these are levels of pseudophilia.
"Just because I like my fleshlight more than the real thing doesn't make me a pseudophile!"

"Actually, that's EXACTLY what makes you a pseudophile..."
by testicles...that is all August 8, 2012
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