pseudo adj : (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic" n : a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseud, role player]

English

Etymology

From pseudo-.

Pronunciation

• a RP /ˈsuːdəʊ/
• a US /ˈsuːdoʊ/
• Rhymes with: -uːdəʊ

Noun

1. An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur; false, fake

Related terms

• pseud - variant

References

• The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary

Adjective

1. sham; spurious
2. insincere

References

• The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary

French

Noun

fr-noun m

1. A nickname, handle or pseudonym, especially on the Internet.

affected, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bastard, bogus, brummagem, colorable, colored, counterfeit, counterfeited, distorted, dressed up, dummy, embellished, embroidered, ersatz, factitious, fake, faked, false, falsified, feigned, fictitious, fictive, forged, garbled, hokey, illegitimate, imitation, junky, make-believe, man-made, mock, perverted, phony, pinchbeck, plagiarized, pretended, put-on, quasi, queer, self-styled, sham, shoddy, simulated, snide, so-called, soi-disant, spurious, supposititious, synthetic, tin, tinsel, titivated, twisted, unauthentic, ungenuine, unnatural, unreal, warped, wrong