pseudology

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noun

falsehood of speech

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounpseudology (countable and uncountable, plural pseudologies)

plural pseudologies

  1. countableuncountablefalsehood of speech

    wholly ignorant in the Rules of Pseudology

    1713, John Arbuthnot, The Art of Political Lying

Origin

From pseudologue + -y or pseudo- + -logy; compare French pseudologie.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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