pseudo-event
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pseudo-event
An Americanism dating back to 1960–65
Example Sentences
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Charlottesville has long since come to betray all the cynicism of a pseudo-event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
I’ll tell you who was unhappy, tired and bored: All the mainstream journalists who felt personally insulted after traveling all that way for a depressing pseudo-event with crap ratings.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
Sixty years ago, Daniel J. Boorstin, a historian who became the Librarian of Congress, came up with a term: the "pseudo-event."
From Fox News ● Aug. 1, 2021
Every pseudo-event “becomes all the more interesting with our every effort to debunk it.”
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2018
Mostly, though, they manage to stage an elaborate pseudo-event and to bamboozle millions of people into paying attention.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2016
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