pseud

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  pseud    pseud-    pseudo-  

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pseud /s(j)uːd/

▶noun Brit. informal a pretentious person; a poseur.

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pseud- /s(j)uːd/

▶combining form variant spelling of pseudo- reduced before a vowel (as in pseudepigrapha).

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pseudo- /ˈs(j)uːdəʊ/ (also pseud- before a vowel)

▶combining form

• 1 false; not genuine: pseudonym.

• 2 resembling or imitating: pseudo-hallucination.

– origin from Gk pseudēs ‘false’, pseudos ‘falsehood’.