pseudointellectual
[ soo-doh-in-tl-ek-choo-uhl ]
/ ˌsu doʊˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əl /
noun
a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
a person who pretends an interest in intellectual matters for reasons of status.
adjective
of, relating to, or characterized by fraudulent intellectuality; unscholarly: a pseudointellectual book.
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Origin of pseudointellectual
First recorded in 1935–40; pseudo- + intellectual
OTHER WORDS FROM pseudointellectual
pseu·do·in·tel·lec·tu·al·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for pseudointellectual
So the real meat of Stalker, ostensibly, is the pseudo-intellectual conversation about misogyny.
I said your whole damned Index is nothing but a bunch of pseudo-intellectual garbage.
The Great Gray Plague|Raymond F. JonesFor example, there can be no doubt that one may see from time to time the pseudo-intellectual woman.
A Short History of Women's Rights|Eugene A. Hecker