Pseudo
['sjuːdəʊ] or ['sʊdo]
Definition
(adj.) (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; 'a pseudo esthete'; 'pseudoclassic' .
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Examples
- My mother died when I was still a child, and I was therefore left to the sole guardianship of this pseudo-Englishman. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was a vile pseudo sentiment--the offspring or the forerunner of evil. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I have not done that because this rational procedure inverts the natural order of things and develops all kinds of theoretical tangles and pseudo-problems. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She looked across at the flat-house with its marble porch and pseudo-Georgian facade. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Pseudo-counts, patriarchal knights, islands of fantasy, hintings of dangers. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You will get a sunstroke if you don't cover your head, said Maurice, somewhat tired of this pseudo-classicism. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The questions about the success of a truly representative system are pseudo-questions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Rebecca