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“pseudo”
pseudo (adjective), no more , no most; so, not comparable.
1. Descriptive of someone whose pretences are deceitful; not genuine: Tim's neighbor was a pseudo expert in gymnastics.
2. A reference to something that appears to be one thing, but is something else: The cloudy skies turned out to be a pseudo indication that it was going to rain.
3. Etymology: from Greek pseudes, "false, lying."
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2. A reference to something that appears to be one thing, but is something else: The cloudy skies turned out to be a pseudo indication that it was going to rain.
3. Etymology: from Greek pseudes, "false, lying."
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pseudo-, pseud-
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(hoodwink, deceive, cheat; believed to be from hocus pocus which is probably from a pseudo Latin phrase: hax pax max Deus adimax, that was used by traveling conjurers to impress their audiences)
(Greek: false, deception, lying, untrue, counterfeit; used as a prefix)
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“pseudo”
A compound that is not itself an acid but which exists in equilibrium with, or is easily converted into an acidic form and thus undergoes some typical reactions of acids: In its free state, a pseudo-acid is an organic compound and doesn't have the arrangement of an acid.
In the proximity of bases, pseudo-acids slowly go through a new molecular movement and produce salts.
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acid-, acidi-, acido-, -acidity
(page 5)
pseudo-, pseud-
(page 2)
The use of selective archeological evidence, real or imagined, to promulgate nonscientific, fictional accounts of the past: The methods used by pseudoarchaeology include exaggeration of evidence, romanticised conclusions, the employment of fallacy,
and fictionalised evidence.
Other known terms for pseudoarchaeology are alternative archaeology, fantastic archaeology, and spooky archaeology.
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archaeo-, archeo-, archae-, arche-, archa-, archi-, -arch
(page 6)
-ology, -logy, -ologist, -logist
(page 64)
pseudo-, pseud-
(page 3)
pseudoetymological, pseudo-etymological (adjective); more pseudoetymological, more pseudo-etymological; most pseudoetymological, most pseudo-etymological
A reference to false origins of words or parts of words: A list of pseudoetymological words would supposedly provide different forms of terms that were developed after passing from one language to another one.
pseudoetymologically, pseudo-etymologically (adverb); more pseudoetymologically, more pseudo-etymologically; most pseudoetymologically, most pseudo-etymologically
A descriptive term for unreliable earlier forms of words or parts of words that were supposed to be parts from which other words were derived: The pseudo-etymologically described words in the lexicon that Sharon examined were proven to be false and so they were not valid.
A false or incorrect description of the origin and development of a word or words: A student in Mr. Mark's class discovered a source of pseudoetymology that contained a number of false suggestions as to the possible origins and developments of vocabulary terms.
pseudointellectual, pseudo-intellectual
"He was a real pseudo-intellectual."
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intellect-, intellig-
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legi-, -leg-, -ligi-, -lig-, -lect-, -lectic, -lection
(page 7)
pseudo-, pseud-
(page 6)
pseudovolcanic, pseudo-volcanic
Pertaining to or produced by a pseudo-volcano.