pseudoclassic

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adjective

Falsely classic.

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Meanings

adjectivepseudoclassic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFalsely classic.
nounpseudoclassic (plural pseudoclassics)

plural pseudoclassics

  1. A work that is falsely claimed to be a classic.

    Kang Youwei denounced the ancient classics as pseudoclassics and put forward the saying that Confucius was the author of the “six classics,” which had shaken the foundation of traditional studies of Confucian classics […]

    2020, Zeng Yeying, Contemporary Studies on Modern Chinese History II

Origin

From pseudo- + classic.

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APA

pseudoclassic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoclassic

MLA

“pseudoclassic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoclassic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoclassic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoclassic.

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