pseudomartyr

P3S1E1U1D2O1M3A1R1T1Y4R1

noun

One who dies or suffers like a martyr but (e.g. because of heretical religious views) is not a true martyr.

Scrabble 20
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounpseudomartyr (plural pseudomartyrs)

plural pseudomartyrs

  1. One who dies or suffers like a martyr but (e.g. because of heretical religious views) is not a true martyr.

Origin

From pseudo- + martyr.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: pseudomartyr on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.