definitions

pseud

[ sood ]
/ sud /
Informal.

noun

a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a pseud.

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Nearby words

psephite, psephocracy, psephologist, psephology, psephomancy, pseud, pseud-, pseud., pseudagraphia, pseudallescheriasis, pseudamphora

Origin of pseud

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

Definition for pseud (2 of 3)

pseud.

pseudonym.

Definition for pseud (3 of 3)

pseud-

variant of pseudo- before a vowel: pseudepigraphy.
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British Dictionary definitions for pseud (1 of 2)

pseud

/ (sjuːd) /

noun

informal a false, artificial, or pretentious person

adjective

another word for pseudo

British Dictionary definitions for pseud (2 of 2)

pseud.

abbreviation for

pseudonym
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