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-

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.

How to use pseud in a sentence

There is a perpetual confusing of actual ideas with what are nothing but pseud-ideas.
Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I|Herbert Spencer
Mutatis mutandis this definition will apply to aggressive (pseud-episematic) resemblance.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6|Various
In 734 synaposematic colouring the warning is genuine, in pseud-aposematic it is a sham.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6|Various

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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