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pseud
1[sood]
noun
a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions.
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of a pseud.
pseud-
2variant of pseudo- before a vowel.
pseudepigraphy.
pseud.
3abbreviation
pseud
1/ ː /
noun
informala false, artificial, or pretentious person
adjective
another word for pseudo
pseud.
2abbreviation
pseudonym
Word History and Origins
Origin of pseud1
Example Sentences
Private Eye mercilessly satirised him as the self-important Dr Jonathan, a sage and a pseud and too clever by half.
are all the pseuds — perpetually on the lookout for the next new writer of the moment — to do?
The shows I see utilise nakedness as a character or prop in itself; part of the medium of the message, if that doesn’t make me sound too much of a pseud.
Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud.
Not to get all pseuds’ corner, but the grownup tulle trend is actually rejecting that sugar and spice recipe.
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