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- noun Any work that claims to be
history , but does not use establishedhistoriographical methods; especially one that uses disputed evidence and speculation rather than relying on the analysis ofprimary sources
Etymologies
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Examples
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I can’t find anything in the context of the news reports to indicate a reference to neopaganism in anything other than the sense of the tripe Hitler swallowed, namely the pseudohistory and psuedomythology he adopted and worked into his Nazi state religion.
Creationism dismissed as 'a kind of paganism' by Vatican's astronomer - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Dan Brown swaps pseudohistory for pseudoscience [4]
A Progressive on the Prairie » Weekend Edition: 9-19 » Print 2009
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I think there's a link to be made with conspiracy and fiction and pseudohistory, so I want to mull on this some more. the "strange" ... implies that SF authors actively seek out weird possible futures
Narrative Grammars Hal Duncan 2008
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What distinguishes science from pseudoscience and history from pseudohistory is the attempt to do justice in a persuasive way to as much of the relevant evidence as possible, rather than merely showing how some or all of the evidence is compatible what you'd really like to be the case, as long as you try hard enough to make it fit.
Not All Atheists Are Mythicists James F. McGrath 2010
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The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf makes the point -- which Continetti might have thought was implicit -- that there are less conspiracy-minded conservative figures than Beck who engage in pseudohistory about how liberals and progressives are part of a tradition of America-undermining evil.
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Five Best These books emphatically debunk pseudohistory and spurious 'knowledge,' says Damian Thompson.
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Master Plan:Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust by Heather Pringle this is a history of the SS Department the Ahnenerbe responsible for the creation of pseudoscience and pseudohistory that supported Nazi goals and ideals.
Archive 2008-03-01 jmnlman 2008
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Master Plan:Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust by Heather Pringle this is a history of the SS Department the Ahnenerbe responsible for the creation of pseudoscience and pseudohistory that supported Nazi goals and ideals.
Master Plan:Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust by Heather Pringle jmnlman 2008
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Dr. D appears to be against pseudoscience but perhaps for pseudohistory.
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Smithsonian publishing pseudohistory again - Peary & Cook at Pole
SocraticGadfly 2009
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