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pseud

[ sood ]
/ sud /
Informal.
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noun
a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions.
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of a pseud.
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Origin of pseud

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

Words nearby pseud

PSE, psec, psellism, psephite, psephology, pseud, pseudagraphia, pseudallescheriasis, pseudamphora, pseudankylosis, pseudarthrosis

Other definitions for pseud (2 of 3)

pseud-
variant of pseudo- before a vowel: pseudepigraphy.

Other definitions for pseud (3 of 3)

pseud.
abbreviation
pseudonym.
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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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