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pseudointellectual

[ soo-doh-in-tl-ek-choo-uh l ]
/ ˌsu doʊˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əl /
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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.

Nearby words

pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, pseudohypertrophy, pseudohyponatremia, pseudohypoparathyroidism, pseudoicterus, pseudointellectual, pseudoisochromatic, pseudojaundice, pseudologia, pseudologia fantastica, pseudology

Origin of pseudointellectual

First recorded in 1935–40; pseudo- + intellectual

Related forms

pseu·do·in·tel·lec·tu·al·ly, adverb
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