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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal, derogatory) A proponent of pseudoscientific ideas or practices..
Just as Cohen feels there is no natural party for humanists, Wilson feels there isn’t one for supporters of evidence-based policy. "There are good MPs in all parties, and there are woo-mongers in all parties," he says. “We have to look at each case individually. […]
Wyley resorts to the usual rhetoric of all woo-mongers: that the belief they propose cannot be measured by the standards they apply to all other practices.
If a site like Huffington Post, which just got funds to pay reporters, publicly eliminates their pseudoscience, HIV denialist, New Age woo-mongers and hires some real science/nature/medicine reporters instead, it is in a position to do the ‘push strategy’ on science.
Use woo-monger when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Woo-monger means (informal, derogatory) A proponent of pseudoscientific ideas or practices..
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Just as Cohen feels there is no natural party for humanists, Wilson feels there isn’t one for supporters of evidence-based policy. "There are good MPs in all parties, and there are woo-mongers in all parties," he says. “We have to look at each case individually. […]
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