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pseudology|ps-, sjuːˈdɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. Gr. ψευδολογία false speaking, f. ψευδολόγ-ος: see pseudologer and -logy.]
1. False speaking; the making of false statements, esp. when humorously represented as an art or system; the ‘art of lying’.
[1577Fulke Confut. Purg. 327 That part of cunning where in you are better learned, called Pseudologia.] 1658Phillips, Pseudologie (Gr.), a false speaking, or lying. 1727Swift Art Polit. Lying Wks. 1755 III. i. 119 Not..according to the sound rules of pseudology. 1805Miniature No. 26 (1806) II. 65 It is not my intention..to enter into a disquisition upon the noble art of Pseudology.
2. The science or subject of false statements; a false or pretended science.
1867Pall Mall G. 4 Jan. 10 Laying the foundation of the new science of comparative pseudology. 1907Westm. Gaz. 26 Nov. 3/2 To prevent his further researches in this insanitary section of the field of Pseudology [‘occultism’]. |