English Explanatory Dictionary

not even wrong

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of a supposedly scientific argument or explanation: unable to be meaningfully discussed because it is based on fundamentally invalid reasoning or speculative premises that cannot be proven or falsified.

Word forms

not even wrong

Etymology

Generally attributed to theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli.

Related words

unfalsifiable wrong on so many levels

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