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pseudo

1

[ soo-doh ]

adjective

  1. not actually but having the appearance of; pretended; false or spurious; sham.
  2. almost, approaching, or trying to be.


pseudo-

2
  1. a combining form meaning “false,” “pretended,” “unreal,” used in the formation of compound words ( pseudoclassic; pseudointellectual ): in scientific use, denoting close or deceptive resemblance to the following element ( pseudobulb; pseudocarp ), and used sometimes in chemical names of isomers ( pseudoephedrine ).

pseudo

1

/ ˈsjuːdəʊ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    not genuine; pretended


pseudo-

2

combining_form

  1. false, pretending, or unauthentic

    pseudo-intellectual

  2. having a close resemblance to

    pseudopodium

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pseudo1

First recorded in 1940–45; independent use of pseudo-

Origin of pseudo2

< Greek, combining form of pseudḗs false, pseûdos falsehood

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pseudo1

from Greek pseudēs false, from pseudein to lie

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Example Sentences

The office is standard Universal issue, sort of a pseudo English manor house.

Thankfully, the piece did not try to evoke the Internet through tired dance gestures or pseudo-digital music.

So the real meat of Stalker, ostensibly, is the pseudo-intellectual conversation about misogyny.

He lived in the Pseudo office, where his downstairs neighbors included Jeff Koons.

He was busted but far from bust, and by February Pseudo had 10 channels.

The next source from which we learn anything of this part of the subject is the pseudo-Euclidean Introductio Harmonica.

"We've very much obliged to you, Miss Fulton," Bristow said in his pseudo-pleasant way.

In pseudo-angina, frequently observed in hysterical women, its action is all that can be desired.

And this false conviction I found in the pseudo-Christian religion which men had been teaching for fifteen hundred years.

Ethical and moral instruction have disappeared from our pseudo-Christian society without leaving a trace.

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