pseudointellectual

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who claims proficiency in scholarly or artistic activities while lacking in-depth knowledge or critical understanding.
  2. A person who pretends to be of greater intelligence than they actually are.
    — The telltale sign of a pseudo intellectual is the superficial sprinkling and misuse of terms like "paradigm shift" and name dropping
形容词 adj.
  1. Pretentiously or insincerely intellectual.
    — […] one wonders whether the function of statistical techniques in the social sciences is not primarily to provide a machinery for producing phoney corroborations and thereby a semblance of ‘scientific progress’ where, in fact, there is nothing but an increase in pseudo-intellectual garbage.

词形变化

pseudointellectuals plural pseudo-intellectual alternative more pseudointellectual comparative most pseudointellectual superlative pseudo-intellectual alternative

词汇关系

近义词
pseud pseudo
相关词
charlatan fraud sophist

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs)
Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der.
Middle English pseudo-
English pseudo-
English intellectual
English pseudointellectual
From pseudo- (“false, fake”) + intellectual.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs)
Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der.
Middle English pseudo-
English pseudo-
English intellectual
English pseudointellectual
From pseudo- (“false, fake”) + intellectual.
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