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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pseud  (so̅o̅d),USA pronunciation Informal.
n. 
  1. Informal Termsa person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions.

adj. 
  1. Informal Termsof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a pseud.
  • by shortening of pseudointellectual or parallel compounds with pseudo- 1960–65

pseud-, 
  1. var. of pseudo- before a vowel: pseudepigraphy.

pseud., 
  1. pseudonym.

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