Meaning of PSEUDO
| Pronunciation: | | 'soodoo
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- [n] a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- [adj] (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"
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| | Synonyms: | | counterfeit, fake, faker, fraud, imitative, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, role player, sham, shammer |
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| | See Also: | | beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, namedropper, ringer, slicker, trickster | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pseu"do-\ [Gr. pseydh`s lying, false, akin to psey`dein
to belie; cf. psydro`s lying, psy`qos a lie.]
A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit,
pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle;
pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy,
pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used
adjectively.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | /soo'doh/ (Usenet) Pseudonym. 1. An electronic-mail or Usenet persona adopted by a human for amusement value or as a means of avoiding negative repercussions of one's net.behaviour; a "nom de Usenet", often associated with forged postings designed to conceal message origins. Perhaps the best-known and funniest hoax of this type is BIFF. 2. Notionally, a flamage-generating AI program simulating a Usenet user. Many flamers have been accused of actually being such entities, despite the fact that no AI program of the required sophistication yet exists. However, in 1989 there was a famous series of forged postings that used a phrase-frequency-based travesty generator to simulate the styles of several well-known flamers; it was based on large samples of their back postings (compare Dissociated Press). A significant number of people were fooled by the forgeries, and the debate over their authenticity was settled only when the perpetrator came forward to publicly admit the hoax. [Jargon File] |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | False; apparent but not genuine. |
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