Definition of Pseud

1. Noun. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.

Exact synonyms: Fake, Faker, Fraud, Imposter, Impostor, Pretender, Pseudo, Role Player, Sham, Shammer
Generic synonyms: Beguiler, Cheat, Cheater, Deceiver, Slicker, Trickster
Specialized synonyms: Name Dropper, Ringer
Derivative terms: Fake, Fake, Fake, Fake, Fake, Pretend, Pretend, Sham, Sham, Sham, Sham

Definition of Pseud

1. Noun. An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pseud

1. a person pretending to be an intellectual [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseud

psellisms
pseph-
psephism
psephisms
psephite
psephites
psephitic
psepho-
psephocracy
psephocratic
psephological
psephologies
psephologist
psephologists
psephology
pseud (current term)
pseud-
pseudaesthesia
pseudanthia
pseudanthium
pseudarthrosis
pseudembryos
pseudepigraph
pseudepigrapha
pseudepigraphies
pseudepigraphon
pseudepigraphous
pseudepigraphs
pseudepigraphy

Literary usage of Pseud

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"... pseud.) 9. Jl. 22, '11. New York state reformatory for women. KB Davis. Survey. 25: 851-4. F. 18, '11. Outdoor treatment of crime. HR Cooley. il. ..."

2. The Colloquies of Erasmus by Desiderius Erasmus, Edwin Johnson (1878)
"pseud. Not because they lie or steal, but because they do it ... pseud. Your Rhetoricians have instructed in the best Part of the Art. Phil. ..."

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