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Synonyms for pseudo


Grammar : Adj
Spell : soo-doh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsu doʊ

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Définition of pseudo

Origin :
  • late 14c., "false or spurious thing;" see pseudo-. As an adjective in this sense from mid-15c. In modern use, of persons, "pretentious, insincere," from 1945; as a noun from 1959. Related: Pseudish.
  • adj artificial, fake
Example sentences :
  • This sort of pseudo reputation, whether for good or for evil, is not uncommon in the world.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • While Fandor was going downstairs the pseudo Mme. Ceiron made a grimace.
  • Extract from : « A Royal Prisoner » by Pierre Souvestre
  • And we have had perhaps more than enough of the pseudo Mrs Ragg.
  • Extract from : « A Sheaf of Corn » by Mary E. Mann
  • He did not know of what this pseudo Quaker might be capable.
  • Extract from : « A Cousin's Conspiracy » by Horatio Alger
  • Your social affairs, too, are meddled with by your family and pseudo friends.
  • Extract from : « Cupology » by Clara
  • The servants were no longer the pseudo monks we had seen at the first meal.
  • Extract from : « My Recollections » by Jules Massenet
  • “Down with him, then,” and we headed the Provisional list with the pseudo Orange-tawny.
  • Extract from : « Tales from "Blackwood" » by Various
  • But Chatterton wrote poems, pseudo chronicles, and not history.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) » by Anatole France
  • The pseudo fireman dragged a big cigar-case from his hip-pocket.
  • Extract from : « Dope » by Sax Rohmer
  • Then start afresh with Grace's group, practical, pseudo masculine.
  • Extract from : « Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein » by Gertrude Stein

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