Pseudo
adjective
Something that is pretending to be what it is not, or not genuine.
He introduced his pseudo girlfriend to his family.
Often appears as...
- pseudo science
- pseudo intellectual
prefix
Used to show that something or someone is false or pretending to be something else.
Pseudonym is a false name used by an author.
Often appears as...
- pseudonym
- pseudopod
adjective
Something that is pretending to be what it is not, or not genuine.
He introduced his pseudo girlfriend to his family.
Often appears as...
- pseudo science
- pseudo intellectual
prefix
Used to show that something or someone is false or pretending to be something else.
Pseudonym is a false name used by an author.
Often appears as...
- pseudonym
- pseudopod
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Imitation Aspect
Emphasizes that something mimics another genuinely but misses out on being authentic.
A pseudo celebrity has fans but lacks true fame.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Implication
It often carries a negative connotation, suggesting deceit or irony in resembling the real thing.
John's pseudo enthusiasm fooled no one.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Formality
Better suited to casual conversation or informal writing than formal discourse.
Her pseudo apology didn't sound sincere.
Pro Tip 1/3Imitation Aspect
Emphasizes that something mimics another genuinely but misses out on being authentic.
A pseudo celebrity has fans but lacks true fame.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Implication
It often carries a negative connotation, suggesting deceit or irony in resembling the real thing.
John's pseudo enthusiasm fooled no one.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Formality
Better suited to casual conversation or informal writing than formal discourse.
Her pseudo apology didn't sound sincere.
Pro Tip 1/3Imitation Aspect
Emphasizes that something mimics another genuinely but misses out on being authentic.
A pseudo celebrity has fans but lacks true fame.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Implication
It often carries a negative connotation, suggesting deceit or irony in resembling the real thing.
John's pseudo enthusiasm fooled no one.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Formality
Better suited to casual conversation or informal writing than formal discourse.
Her pseudo apology didn't sound sincere.
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TIL: From Fleece Jackets...
tiny little plastics as they float their way down the rivers and into our oceans they're picking up different chemicals they act like little sponges picking up DDT and BPA and pseudo estrogens that matters because the fish and other marine life that think that it's plankton wind up eating those plastics
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The pattern behind...
to pseudo scientific baloney would be the nice word which you string together a bunch of words that sound good but it does absolutely nothing in this case allowing at trespass points allowing people to go through because your little tracker device said they were okay
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Protect the Grass, Save...
cultural relic and also one that's very progressive from an outsider's perspective the local community is taking ownership of who has access to this place and when the guava itself has been around for hundreds of years as a pseudo protected area there's a long
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Watch Wild Predators...
matriarchal society and because that aggression in these societies a lot of the females have such high levels of testosterone in their in their bodies all the time and over years they've developed these pseudo penises so they're quite odd in in a lot of ways
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Meet the Ice Cook PIPE...
it looks simple and basically I could get my hands on the substance and this is why it's like money but to cook ice on an industrial scale you need large quantities of the ingredient pseudo F adrene there's been a lot of rights and stuff
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Mending Fragile Bones PIPE...
believes that an operation to fix her legs is possible i'm hoping that i'll give her a normal functioning both lower limbs so that she will walk whatever distance he wants to walk the operation will involve the removal of the pseudo
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Prison Family PIPE National...
a form unique to the woman's world she is the head of a prison pseudo family while men's prisons have their gangs female inmates do more than click up they create families and play distinct roles nephew were you born what happened
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Ancient Tiger Attack? PIPE...
power it was a brutal and effective public relations exercise everywhere there were rules moans gore one could only see deja pseudo quintillion first century AD as the Empire expanded
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Safari Live - Day 364 PIPE...
that they are both female but I am Not sure in fact if you've got great pseudo penis screenshots I'd love to see them
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Bizarre Parents PIPE Battle...
gangs of pseudo catfish Hoover up eggs and offspring alike
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TIL: From Fleece Jackets...
tiny little plastics as they float their way down the rivers and into our oceans they're picking up different chemicals they act like little sponges picking up DDT and BPA and pseudo estrogens that matters because the fish and other marine life that think that it's plankton wind up eating those plastics
Video examples
The pattern behind...
to pseudo scientific baloney would be the nice word which you string together a bunch of words that sound good but it does absolutely nothing in this case allowing at trespass points allowing people to go through because your little tracker device said they were okay
Video examples
Protect the Grass, Save...
cultural relic and also one that's very progressive from an outsider's perspective the local community is taking ownership of who has access to this place and when the guava itself has been around for hundreds of years as a pseudo protected area there's a long
Video examples
Watch Wild Predators...
matriarchal society and because that aggression in these societies a lot of the females have such high levels of testosterone in their in their bodies all the time and over years they've developed these pseudo penises so they're quite odd in in a lot of ways
Video examples
Meet the Ice Cook PIPE...
it looks simple and basically I could get my hands on the substance and this is why it's like money but to cook ice on an industrial scale you need large quantities of the ingredient pseudo F adrene there's been a lot of rights and stuff
Video examples
Mending Fragile Bones PIPE...
believes that an operation to fix her legs is possible i'm hoping that i'll give her a normal functioning both lower limbs so that she will walk whatever distance he wants to walk the operation will involve the removal of the pseudo
Video examples
Prison Family PIPE National...
a form unique to the woman's world she is the head of a prison pseudo family while men's prisons have their gangs female inmates do more than click up they create families and play distinct roles nephew were you born what happened
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Ancient Tiger Attack? PIPE...
power it was a brutal and effective public relations exercise everywhere there were rules moans gore one could only see deja pseudo quintillion first century AD as the Empire expanded
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Safari Live - Day 364 PIPE...
that they are both female but I am Not sure in fact if you've got great pseudo penis screenshots I'd love to see them
Video examples
Bizarre Parents PIPE Battle...
gangs of pseudo catfish Hoover up eggs and offspring alike
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Quote examples
Philip K. Dick
American Writer
We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, 'What is real?' Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms.
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Hillary Scott
American Musician
I absolutely love the fact that they are looking out for me and it's not really even just Charles and Dave. Out on the road, I'm one of very few girls out here. There's a lot of pseudo big brothers who are keeping an eye out on me.
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Tommaso Ciampa
American Wrestler
I did a thing for Progress for a tournament and I started using 'Psycho Killer' by Talking Heads as my entrance music. That became my thing and Psycho Killer was my pseudo personality and in one year it just took off.
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Daniel Levitin
American Scientist
We're assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumour, all posing as information. Trying to figure out what you need to know and what you can ignore is exhausting.
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Zoey Deutch
American Actress
Borderline embarrassing fact: I used to have a pseudo line when I was seven called Zizzy Fashion. I love clothing, and I would eventually like to design as well as act.
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William Bell
American Musician
I stayed with them for about a year up there and, at night, worked over in Long Island at a club called The High Hat Club which was like a pseudo jazz / blues place.
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Rudolf Carnap
German Philosopher
Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems.
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Sandra Bullock
American Actress
I consider myself sort of like a pseudo lawyer. Like, I'm convinced I can solve every case and argue my way.
Quote examples
Philip K. Dick
American Writer
We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, 'What is real?' Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms.
Quote examples
Hillary Scott
American Musician
I absolutely love the fact that they are looking out for me and it's not really even just Charles and Dave. Out on the road, I'm one of very few girls out here. There's a lot of pseudo big brothers who are keeping an eye out on me.
Quote examples
Tommaso Ciampa
American Wrestler
I did a thing for Progress for a tournament and I started using 'Psycho Killer' by Talking Heads as my entrance music. That became my thing and Psycho Killer was my pseudo personality and in one year it just took off.
Quote examples
Daniel Levitin
American Scientist
We're assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumour, all posing as information. Trying to figure out what you need to know and what you can ignore is exhausting.
Quote examples
Zoey Deutch
American Actress
Borderline embarrassing fact: I used to have a pseudo line when I was seven called Zizzy Fashion. I love clothing, and I would eventually like to design as well as act.
Quote examples
William Bell
American Musician
I stayed with them for about a year up there and, at night, worked over in Long Island at a club called The High Hat Club which was like a pseudo jazz / blues place.
Quote examples
Rudolf Carnap
German Philosopher
Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems.
Quote examples
Sandra Bullock
American Actress
I consider myself sort of like a pseudo lawyer. Like, I'm convinced I can solve every case and argue my way.
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