Meanings
adjectivepseudophotographic (not comparable)
- not comparableResembling a photograph, but not actually photographic.
Origin
- Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
- Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
- Middle Englishpseudo-
- Englishpseudo-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishphoto-
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Englishphotograph
- Englishphotographic
- Englishpseudophotographic
From pseudo- + photographic.
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pseudophotographic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudophotographic
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“pseudophotographic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudophotographic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudophotographic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudophotographic.
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