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pseudo-
(word root) falseExamples of words with the root pseudo-: pseudonym
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pseu·do
(so͞o′dō)adj.
False or counterfeit; fake.
[From pseudo-.]
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pseudo
(ˈsjuːdəʊ)adj
informal not genuine; pretended
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pseu•do
(ˈsu doʊ)adj., n., pl. -dos. adj.
1. false or spurious; sham; pretended.
n. 2. a false or pretentious person.
pseudo-
a combining form meaning “false,” “pretended,” “unreal” (pseudoclassic; pseudointellectual), “closely or deceptively resembling” (pseudocarp).
Also, esp. before a vowel,pseud-.[< Greek, comb. form of pseudḗs false, pseûdos falsehood]
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Noun 1. [画像:pseudo - a person who makes deceitful pretenses]pseudo - a person who makes deceitful pretenses
beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends
ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
Adj. 1. pseudo - (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"
combining form - a bound form used only in compounds; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"
counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
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pseudo
[ˈsjuːdəʊ] ADJ → farsante, fraudulento ; [person] → fingido ; (person's character) → artificial, afectadoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pseudo
(inf)adj
= pseud ADJ
(= pretended) → unecht ; affection, simplicity → aufgesetzt ; pseudo revolutionary/intellectual → Pseudorevolutionär(in) m(f) → /-intellektuelle(r) mf
n = pseud N
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
pseudo
[ˈsjuːdəʊ] adj (fam) → fasullo/a, finto/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995