PSEUD Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

pseud

noun

Definition of pseud

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as in sage

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Recent Examples of pseud Salutes to two pop music artists (X-Ray Spex and David Johansen) are preferable to Laura Poitras’s nauseating politicization of cultural pseud-activist Nan Goldin. — Armond White, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023 Mr Baudet is dismissed by the establishment as a pseud-in-a-suit, but his calls for the Dutch to leave the EU resonate. — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018 Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud. — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018

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Noun

Top evenly with potato slices, mozzarella pearls, shallot, sage leaves, and garlic slices.

— Shelly Westerhausen Worcel, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026
Which is why infielder Donovan Walton spent early Monday afternoon burning sage in the West Sacramento clubhouse.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of sage

Noun

There are several oranges, mandarins, a lemon and finger lime.

— Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
This spicy, cozy take on citrus opens with mandarin and bergamot, then quickly warms up with the addition of cardamom, petitgrain, and a luscious base of amber and cedar.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Aug. 2026

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The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.

— Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
But Peck is already aware of Imogen's penchant for pandemonium, resisting the task of baby-sitting a bluestocking.

— EW Staff, EW.com, 10 May 2023

Definition of bluestocking

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It’s been my privilege to learn, from scholars and thinkers and writers far more deeply rooted than myself in the American west, about its realities and relentless contradictions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Muslim thinkers debated how to revitalize their societies and overcome colonial domination.

— Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

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