Definitions for pseudo
ˈsu doʊpseu·do

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role playeradjective

   a person who makes deceitful pretenses

2. pseudoadjective

   (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of

   "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pseudonoun

   An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.

2. pseudonoun

   A poseur; false, fake.

3. pseudonoun

   pseudo-city code

4. pseudoadjective

   Being other than what is apparent, a sham.

5. pseudoadjective

   Insincere.

6. pseudoadjective

   Spurious.

7. Etymology: From pseudo-.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pseudonoun

   A prefix, which, being put before words, signifies false or counterfeit: as, pseudapostle, a counterfeit apostle.

   Etymology: from ψεῦδος.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pseudo

   Pseudo is a prefix derived from Greek that means false or pretending to be something that it's not. It is used to suggest something is not genuine, authentic or has a misleading appearance of being something it is not. It often refers to a person or a thing that imitates or is designed to imitate another, often in a false or deceptive manner.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pseudo

   [Usenet: truncation of ‘pseudonym’] 1. An electronic-mail or Usenet persona adopted by a human for amusement value or as a means of avoiding negative repercussions of one's net.behavior; a ‘nom de Usenet’, often associated with forged postings designed to conceal message origins. Perhaps the best-known and funniest hoax of this type is B1FF. See also tentacle. 2. Notionally, a flamage-generating AI program simulating a Usenet user. Many flamers have been accused of actually being such entities, despite the fact that no AI program of the required sophistication yet exists. However, in 1989 there was a famous series of forged postings that used a phrase-frequency-based travesty generator to simulate the styles of several well-known flamers; it was based on large samples of their back postings (compare Dissociated Press). A significant number of people were fooled by the forgeries, and the debate over their authenticity was settled only when the perpetrator came forward to publicly admit the hoax.

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Anagrams for pseudo »

1. does up

2. souped

How to pronounce pseudo?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say pseudo in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pseudo in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pseudo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of pseudo in a Sentence

1. Mark Griffiths:

   I refer to it being pseudo-necrophilia, there are some people who really won’t go through a necrophilia act but having someone who is drugged or asleep may be enough for someone.

2. Pat Toomey:

   [ Democrats ] know they'll unleash their allies in the media and maybe a pseudo-celebrity to make up false accusations to try to get us to just swallow what shouldn't be there.

3. Fred Allen:

   A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 am and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 p.m. to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch.

4. Adil Charkaoui:

   I'm stunned by the twisted logic of the spokespersons of the two (colleges) and the pseudo-experts that are blaming radicalization of young people for what has happened.

5. Aaron Rodgers:

   I had a plan going in for that question to be asked, it was a pseudo witch hunt going on -- who was vaccinated, who wasn't vaccinated. I was in a multi-month conversation that turned into an appeal process with the NFL at that time, and my appeal hinged on that exact statement [immunized]. So what I said was, number one, factually true. I went through a multi-immunization process. And at the end of that, I don't know what you would call it, I would call it immunized.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pseudo
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pseudo
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pseudo
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Pseudo
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=pseudo