pseudo

adjective

ˈsü-(ˌ)dō How to pronounce pseudo (audio)
Definition of pseudonext
as in mock
lacking in natural or spontaneous quality the pseudo friendliness of a salesperson trying to sell you something

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Recent Examples of pseudo If the tree happened to be on ancestral indigenous land, someone invented racist, pseudo-indigenous fictions to lend the tree an aura of romance. — Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023 Sure, Faith Family plays a pseudo-national schedule, with 11 of its first 26 games against out-of-state teams. — Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2023 In the show, which is directed by Burnham, Berlant performs a pseudo-biographical monologue about her journey as an actor. — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2023 Democrats hate that Medicare Advantage has been available as a pseudo-private alternative to original Medicare’s single-payer arrangement. — Casey B. Mulligan, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for pseudo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pseudo
  1. mock
  2. false
  3. fake
  4. strained
  5. unnatural
  6. mechanical
  7. artificial
  8. simulated
Adjective
  • Those included a charmingly cluttered Bucket family home, a lush candyland with the smell of chocolate piped through the Royal Theater to complement the full-size mock chocolate river, and a glass elevator that flew above the audience.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Grindlinger is a two-way standout from Southern California who Baseball America had going to Boston in its latest mock draft.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026
Definition of mock
Adjective
  • An infusion of false hope, however, is all the equalizer was.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • Her post received 22,000 likes, and Elon Musk—who regularly boosts white-supremacist perspectives—and Joe Rogan have made similar claims about the group being a false-flag operation.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of false
Adjective
  • Beware of the stalls selling fake leather or souvenirs made in China.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
  • Tired of spending his days simply delighting in psychological torture and revenge, Lestat publicly chases the life of a famous rock star, writing and producing an album and performing in a cross-country tour while maintaining a fake vampire persona.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026
Definition of fake
Adjective
  • Trout, who missed 17 games due to a strained right hamstring, hit a 438-foot shot that gave the Angels an 11-0 lead in the eighth.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • After years of strained public services, supply and food shortages and poverty, nearly 8 million people were already in need of humanitarian assistance before the earthquakes hit.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 6 July 2026
Definition of strained
Adjective
  • Borrowers are making some of the biggest financial decisions of their lives—an unnatural or robotic interaction can permanently disqualify your organization in their mind.
    — Chao-Ping Wu, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • His speech was an unnatural blur.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of unnatural
Adjective
  • Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
  • The skyscraper is being converted into apartments, which is a more complicated process than building one from scratch and requires extensive structural, plumbing and mechanical work.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Definition of mechanical
Adjective
  • The group was diving in the Golfo Nuevo around the Hu Shun Yu 809 artificial reef.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • Memory chip stocks have seen a massive run-up this year as a supply crunch, fueled by unrelenting artificial demand, allows businesses to set pricing.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of artificial
Adjective
  • Together, those technologies allow the robot to learn human movements through thousands of simulated training sessions before executing them in dynamic real-world environments.
    — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • The habitat is complete with private crew quarters, a crop cultivation area, an airlock and a sandbox for simulated Mars walks.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of simulated

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“Pseudo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pseudo. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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