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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

  1. pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy,
  2. pseudohypertrophy,
  3. pseudohyponatremia,
  4. pseudohypoparathyroidism,
  5. pseudoicterus,
  6. pseudoisochromatic,
  7. pseudojaundice,
  8. pseudologia,
  9. pseudologia fantastica,
  10. pseudology

Origin of pseudointellectual

First recorded in 1935–40; pseudo- + intellectual
Related formspseu·do·in·tel·lec·tu·al·ly, adverb
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