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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