PSEUD Definition & Meaning

pseud

[ sood ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a pseud.

pseud-

variant of pseudo- before a vowel:
pseudepigraphy.

pseud.

abbreviation for

pseudonym.

pseud

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noun

informal.
a false, artificial, or pretentious person

adjective

another word for pseudo

pseud.

abbreviation for

pseudonym

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pseud¹

First recorded in 1950–55; by shortening of pseudointellectual or parallel compounds with pseudo-

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Private Eye mercilessly satirised him as the self-important Dr Jonathan, a sage and a pseud and too clever by half.

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What are all the pseuds — perpetually on the lookout for the next new writer of the moment — to do?

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The shows I see utilise nakedness as a character or prop in itself; part of the medium of the message, if that doesn’t make me sound too much of a pseud.

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Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud.

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Not to get all pseuds’ corner, but the grownup tulle trend is actually rejecting that sugar and spice recipe.

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