sciosophy

sciosophy

n. any system of thought, such as astrology, that claims knowledge of natural or supernatural phenomena but that is not supported by scientific methods. See pseudoscience. [coined by U.S. biologist and icthyologist David Starr Jordan (1851–1931)]

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