Meaning & use
pseud
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A person who pretends to have knowledge, sophistication, or artistic sensibility that they do not really have.
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He dismissed the art critic as a pretentious pseud.
The magazine's satirical column mocks pseuds in the fashion world.
A note on using this word
Short for 'pseudo-intellectual,' this informal British term became widely known partly through the satirical magazine Private Eye's long-running 'Pseuds Corner' column.
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