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pseudointellectual
[ soo-doh-in-tl-ek-choo-uhl ]
noun
- a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
- a person who pretends an interest in intellectual matters for reasons of status.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characterized by fraudulent intellectuality; unscholarly:
a pseudointellectual book.
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Other Words From
- pseudo·intel·lectu·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pseudointellectual1
First recorded in 1935–40; pseudo- + intellectual
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Example Sentences
As soon as I heard this long, desperate stream of pseudointellectual gibberish, I knew instantly that this thing was doomed.
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