variants
or pseudo-
1
: false : spurious
pseudoclassic
2
: temporary or substitute formation similar to (a specified thing)
pseudopodium
3
: resembling, isomeric with, or related to (a specified chemical compound)
pseudoephedrine
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Armond White, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023
Mr Baudet is dismissed by the establishment as a pseud-in-a-suit, but his calls for the Dutch to leave the EU resonate.
—The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
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Noun
Salutes to two pop music artists (X-Ray Spex and David Johansen) are preferable to Laura Poitras’s nauseating politicization of cultural pseud-activist Nan Goldin.
—Armond White, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023
Mr Baudet is dismissed by the establishment as a pseud-in-a-suit, but his calls for the Dutch to leave the EU resonate.
—The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
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“Pseud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseud. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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