Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An element, a quasi-prefix, in compounds of Greek origin, meaning ‘false,’ ‘counterfeit,’ ‘spurious,’ ‘sham.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A combining form or prefix signifying
false ,counterfeit ,pretended ,spurious . Also used adjectively.
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- prefix
false , notgenuine ,fake
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thanks to a hit piece by one of those Beltway pseudo-"bipartisans" we can now state conclusively what many of us have long suspected: Occupy Wall Street speaks for the American majority.
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Thanks to a hit piece by one of those Beltway pseudo-"bipartisans" we can now state conclusively what many of us have long suspected: Occupy Wall Street speaks for the American majority.
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Thanks to a hit piece by one of those Beltway pseudo-"bipartisans" we can now state conclusively what many of us have long suspected: Occupy Wall Street speaks for the American majority.
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Yet so hazy was the 17th-century divide between science and pseudo- science that the weekly meetings were as likely to examine the curative properties of powdered "unicorn" horn and "death sweat" from executed prisoners as the makeup of Saturn's rings or improvements in optical glassmaking.
An Engine of Perpetual Revolution By Alan Hirshfeld 2011
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Thanks to a hit piece by one of those Beltway pseudo-"bipartisans" we can now state conclusively what many of us have long suspected: Occupy Wall Street speaks for the American majority.
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To me the main problem with any such pseudo- or quasi-scientific approach is that, as you say, Alexander's terminal symptoms are very differently described by the extant sources - which are we to believe?
Forbes.com: News 2011
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"Drive," Ryan Gosling is a stunt driver and part-time mechanic who moonlights as a wheelman for thieves when he's not tooling around late-night Los Angeles listening to moody, synthy pseudo-'80s tunes.
NYT > Home Page By ALEX PAPPADEMAS 2011
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Oh yes, because otherwise it would not have been necessary for those later post-, pseudo- and anti-pauline letters -- seen in
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com John Dominic Crossan 2011
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There's just one little problem: The songs sound absolutely nothing alike, with Gaga doing her patented club-banger and Francescatti doing a pseudo- Alanis Morissette wronged woman-type plaint.
PhillyDeals 2011
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To me the main problem with any such pseudo- or quasi-scientific approach is that, as you say, Alexander's terminal symptoms are very differently described by the extant sources - which are we to believe?
Forbes.com: News Bruce Upbin 2011
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