(derogatory) An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual. / A poseur; one who is fake. / (travel industry, informal) pseudo-city code

Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham. / Insincere.

False, not genuine, fake

plural of pseudo

(medicine) A rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus, defined by the presence of ascites, pleural effusions and an elevated CA-125 level.

Any system of treatment of physical ailments, or substances prescribed for such treatment, purported to be medical or supported by critical medical science but which cannot be shown to be effective

Affecting an air of sophistication; pretentious.

(uncountable) Any body of publications purported to be scholarly or supported by critical scholarship but which fails to comply with scholarly standards

(mathematics) The connection between vertices in a pseudo-Hamiltonian-connected graph.

Work purporting to fall under the scholarly field of linguistics but falling short of its standards; linguistic pseudo-scholarship.