hocus-pocus
ho‧cus-po‧cus /ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs $ ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊ-/
noun [uncountable]
He thinks psychology is a load of hocus-pocus.
ho‧cus-po‧cus /ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs $ ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊ-/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: hax pax max Deus adimax, a pretended Latin phrase used by people doing magic tricks
a method or belief that you think is based on false ideas:Origin: hax pax max Deus adimax, a pretended Latin phrase used by people doing magic tricks