What is the real meaning of pseudo?
Pseudo is something or someone fake trying to pass as the real thing — a fraud or impostor. Pseudo can be a person who is a faker, but it’s usually a prefix. For example, a pseudo-intellectual is trying to convince you he has a great, educated mind, even though he doesn’t. A pseudo-celebrity isn’t really very famous.
Does pseudo mean false?
a combining form meaning “false,” “pretended,” “unreal,” used in the formation of compound words (pseudoclassic; pseudointellectual): in scientific use, denoting close or deceptive resemblance to the following element (pseudobulb; pseudocarp), and used sometimes in chemical names of isomers (pseudoephedrine).
What does pseudo mean in law?
Pseudolaw consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that are claimed to be based on accepted law or legal doctrine, but which deviate significantly from most conventional understandings of law and jurisprudence, or which originate from non-existent statutes or legal principles the advocate or adherent incorrectly .
pseudo
DEROGATORY
adjective
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not genuine; spurious or sham.“we are talking about real journalists and not the pseudo kind”Similar:
bogus
sham
phoney
imitation
artificial
mock
ersatz
quasi-
fake
feigned
pretended
false
faux
spurious
counterfeit
fraudulent
deceptive
misleading
assumed
contrived
affected
insincere
pretend
put-on
fakeycod
Opposite:genuine
noun
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a pretentious or insincere person.“the arty chat of a campus pseudo”