pseudo

Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham.

Adjective

  1. Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham.
    • Last week saw perhaps the first major showdown between the pseudo cryptolibertarianism they both espouse and that old-fashioned, resolutely analogue concept known as the nation state. For anyone who has spent any time...
  2. Insincere.

Origin

From Middle English, derived from prefix pseudo-, itself derived from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).

Derived

pseudo anime

Noun

  1. An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
  2. A poseur; one who is fake.
  3. pseudo-city code
  4. A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity.
    • Issues such as verifiability (for age declared), anonymity (in spite of pseudos and avatars) and traceability are at stake[…] - 2011, Divina Frau-Meigs, Media Matters in the Cultural Contradictions of the "Information...
  5. Short for pseudoelement.
  6. Clipping of pseudoephedrine.

Forms

pseudos pseud