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    pseud
    /s(j)uːd/

    noun

    • 1. an intellectually pretentious or affected person: "at the height of the band's career, he was thought to be the biggest pseud in rock"

    adjective

    • 1. intellectually pretentious or affected: "to seek inspiration in literature or folklore is to risk being pilloried as pseud"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPSEUD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    PSEUD definition: 1. a person who tries to seem to have detailed knowledge or excellent judgment of a subject…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › pseudPseud Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Pseud is a noun that means a person who pretends to be an intellectual, or a combining form that means false, spurious, or resembling. Learn more about the word history, examples, synonyms, and related terms of pseud.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › pseudPSEUD Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Pseud definition: a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions.. See examples of PSEUD used in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPSEUD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you say that someone is a pseud, you mean that they are trying to appear very intellectual but you think that they appear silly. [ British , informal , disapproval ] Some scholars found this simplistic and labelled him a pseud.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › pseudPseud - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Definitions of pseud. noun. a person who makes deceitful pretenses. synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, humbug, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer. see more.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › pseudPseud - definition of pseud by The Free Dictionary

    n. 1. a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions. adj. 2. of or characteristic of a pseud. [1960–65; by shortening of pseudointellectual] pseud- var. of pseudo- before a vowel: pseudepigraphy. pseud. pseudonym.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › pseud_npseud, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pseud. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. pseud is considered derogatory.