pseud

[sood] Informal.
noun
1.
a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a pseud.

Origin:
1960–65; by shortening of pseudointellectual or parallel compounds with pseudo-

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pseud-

variant of pseudo- before a vowel: pseudepigraphy.
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pseud (sjuːd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  informal a false, artificial, or pretentious person
 
adj
2.  another word for pseudo

pseud.
 
abbreviation for
pseudonym

pseudo- or (sometimes before a vowel) pseud-
 
combining form
1.  false, pretending, or unauthentic: pseudo-intellectual
2.  having a close resemblance to: pseudopodium
 
[from Greek pseudēs false, from pseudein to lie]
 
pseud- or (sometimes before a vowel) pseud-
 
combining form
 
[from Greek pseudēs false, from pseudein to lie]

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What physicists and pseud physicists do not understand is the difference between empirical consistency and logical consistency.
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