- pseud
- Person who pretends to know much more than he/she does, in order to impress an audience
Those philosophy majors are all such pseuds about Wittgenstein and such.
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pseud — pseud·amphora; pseud·an·dry; pseud·aposematic; pseud·apospory; pseud·apostle; pseud·arthrosis; pseud·atoll; pseud·axis; pseud·echis; pseud·emys; pseud·epigraph; pseud·epig·ra·pha; pseud·epigraphic; pseud·epigraphy; pseud·episcopacy;… … English syllables
pseud- — pseud(o) ♦ Élément, du gr. pseudês « menteur » (⇒ 1. faux). pseud(o) élément, du gr. pseudês, menteur , impliquant une idée de fausseté, d approximation, d apparence trompeuse. ⇒PSEUD(O) , (PSEUD , PSEUDO ), élém. formant … Encyclopédie Universelle
pseud... — pseud…, Pseud… 〈in Zus.〉 = pseudo…, Pseudo… … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
Pseud... — pseud…, Pseud… 〈in Zus.〉 = pseudo…, Pseudo… … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
pseud... — pseud..., Pseud... vgl. ↑pseudo..., Pseudo … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
pseud — pseud1 [so͞od, syo͞od] n. [< pseud(o intellectual)] [Informal, Chiefly Brit.] Brit. Informal a person who affects being an intellectual pseud2 abbrev. PSEUDONYM … English World dictionary
Pseud... — Pseud... u. Pseudo... (v. gr. Pseudes, falsch), damit zusammengesetzte Wörter deuten an, daß das im Wort Genannte nicht das Wesen, Echte. Richtige, sondern blos Untergeschobene, fälschlich so Genannte, auch Gesetzwidrige sei; von Personen zeigt… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
pseud... — pseud..., Wortbildungselement, pseudo … Universal-Lexikon
pseud — v. pseudo . Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
pseud — [sju:d US su:d] n BrE [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: pseudo ] a person who pretends to know a lot about a subject and talks about it in a complicated way in order to make other people admire them used to show disapproval … Dictionary of contemporary English
pseud. — pseud. (pseudonym) n. fictitious name; pen name, name used by an author in place of his real name; assumed name … English contemporary dictionary
