It can be used as a noun meaning "An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur; false, fake" or as an adjective meaning "1. being other than what is apparent, a sham, 2. insincere, or 3. spurious" (it can also be the more common definition of a prefix meaning that it's a fake of the word it's attached to, e.g. pseudonym or pseudoscience)
A sentence using the noun definition might be, "They want to look smart, but they're really just pseudos." (i.e. they're fakers)
Pseudo is commonly used to describe something as fake or not genuine. For example, "She tried to pass off her pseudo artwork as an original masterpiece."
The word "pseudo" is a prefix meaning fake or false. It cannot be a sentence, but it can certainly be part of one. You may have seen it as part of words like "pseudonym" (a false name, often used by a writer to hide his or her identity). Here is a sentence: Many people believe in acupuncture, but others say it is nothing more than pseudo-science.
Some words that start with the prefix "pseudo" include pseudonym, pseudoscience, and pseudoclassical.
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The prefix "pseudo-" means false or pretending to be something it is not. It is often used to indicate something that imitates or resembles but is not genuinely that thing.
The word "pseudo" comes from the Greek word "pseudes," which means false or deceptive. It is commonly used in English to prefix to indicate something as false or pretended.
The prefix for false is "pseudo-" as in "pseudopod".
What is the prefix of pseudocyesis
The word "pseudo" is a prefix meaning fake or false. It cannot be a sentence, but it can certainly be part of one. You may have seen it as part of words like "pseudonym" (a false name, often used by a writer to hide his or her identity). Here is a sentence: Many people believe in acupuncture, but others say it is nothing more than pseudo-science.
Some words that start with the prefix "pseudo" include pseudonym, pseudoscience, and pseudoclassical.
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This is a sentence with pseudopod.
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(The prefix pseudo- means false or fake. It may or may not require a hyphen.)Any science that is based on unverified data can rightly be called pseudoscience.The pseudo-intellectuals suggest many economic policies that have never worked in actual practice.The amoeba extends a bodily section called a pseudopod to engulf its food.
pseudo-, poly-, multi-, -itis
artificial, false, fake. It's often used as a prefix
The prefix pseudo- indicates "false"