What does pseudo mean?
Definitions for pseudo
ˈsu doʊpseu·do
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word pseudo.
Princeton's WordNet
imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role playeradjective
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
pseudoadjective
(often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of
"a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"
Wiktionary
pseudonoun
An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
pseudonoun
A poseur; false, fake.
pseudonoun
pseudo-city code
pseudoadjective
Being other than what is apparent, a sham.
pseudoadjective
Insincere.
pseudoadjective
Spurious.
Etymology: From pseudo-.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pseudonoun
A prefix, which, being put before words, signifies false or counterfeit: as, pseudapostle, a counterfeit apostle.
Etymology: from ψεῦδος.
ChatGPT
pseudo
Pseudo is a prefix derived from Greek that means false or pretending to be something that it's not. It is used to suggest something is not genuine, authentic or has a misleading appearance of being something it is not. It often refers to a person or a thing that imitates or is designed to imitate another, often in a false or deceptive manner.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
pseudo
[Usenet: truncation of ‘pseudonym’] 1. An electronic-mail or Usenet persona adopted by a human for amusement value or as a means of avoiding negative repercussions of one's net.behavior; a ‘nom de Usenet’, often associated with forged postings designed to conceal message origins. Perhaps the best-known and funniest hoax of this type is B1FF. See also tentacle. 2. Notionally, a flamage-generating AI program simulating a Usenet user. Many flamers have been accused of actually being such entities, despite the fact that no AI program of the required sophistication yet exists. However, in 1989 there was a famous series of forged postings that used a phrase-frequency-based travesty generator to simulate the styles of several well-known flamers; it was based on large samples of their back postings (compare Dissociated Press). A significant number of people were fooled by the forgeries, and the debate over their authenticity was settled only when the perpetrator came forward to publicly admit the hoax.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pseudo in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pseudo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of pseudo in a Sentence
For Shin to be arrested for forced confinement and physical assaults shows that her church was not working as a' normal' church but had characteristics of a pseudo-religion exploiting the followers.
[ Democrats ] know they'll unleash their allies in the media and maybe a pseudo-celebrity to make up false accusations to try to get us to just swallow what shouldn't be there.
Our moral code is constantly evolving; it’s impacted by the betrayers, masters of deceit, and the pseudo-truth tellers among us, even those we love.
Yes, we are pseudo inconvenienced, but how do you get inconvenienced by your own child? i’m just trying to be better, trying to be more of an educator today, in addition to being able to hug my kids because I think that’s really important too.
A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 am and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 p.m. to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch.
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