Definitions for pseudointellectual
pseudointellectual
pseu·do·in·tel·lec·tu·al
Spelling: [soo-doh-in-tl-ek-choo-uh l]
IPA: /ˌsu doʊˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əl/
Pseudointellectual is a 18 letter English word.
You can make 4794 anagrams from letters in pseudointellectual (acdeeeilllnopsttuu).
Definitions for pseudointellectual
noun
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a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
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a person who pretends an interest in intellectual matters for reasons of status.
adjective
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of, relating to, or characterized by fraudulent intellectuality; unscholarly:
Origin of pseudointellectual
First recorded in 1935-40; pseudo- + intellectual
Examples for pseudointellectual
As soon as I heard this long, desperate stream of pseudointellectual gibberish, I knew instantly that this thing was doomed.