pseud

¹ American  

[sood] / sud /

noun

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

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a pseud.

pseud- ² American  

1. variant of pseudo- before a vowel.

   pseudepigraphy.

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pseud. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. pseudonym.

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pseud ¹ British  

/ sjuːd /

noun

1. informal a false, artificial, or pretentious person

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adjective

1. another word for pseudo

pseud. ² British  

abbreviation

1. pseudonym

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Etymology

Origin of pseud

First recorded in 1950–55; by shortening of pseudointellectual or parallel compounds with pseudo-

Example Sentences

Private Eye mercilessly satirised him as the self-important Dr Jonathan, a sage and a pseud and too clever by half.

From BBC

What are all the pseuds — perpetually on the lookout for the next new writer of the moment — to do?

From Los Angeles Times

Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud.

From New York Times

Not to get all pseuds’ corner, but the grownup tulle trend is actually rejecting that sugar and spice recipe.

From The Guardian

Don’t these pseuds know that they’re talking about one of the coolest-looking rock stars to press his boot prints into this uncool Earth?

From Washington Post