pseudointellectualism

noun

Pseudointellectual thinking or behaviour.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

nounpseudointellectualism (uncountable)

alternative pseudo-intellectualism

  1. uncountablePseudointellectual thinking or behaviour.

Origin

By surface analysis, pseudointellectual + ism, or, by surface analysis, pseudo + intellectualism.

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

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

Chicago

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

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