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pseudo-sophisticated

pseudo-sophisticated adjective: affecting an air of sophistication; pretentious.

Adjective

pseudo-sophisticated (comparative more pseudo-sophisticated, superlative most pseudo-sophisticated)

  1. Affecting an air of sophistication; pretentious.

Forms of pseudo-sophisticated

comparativemore pseudo-sophisticated
superlativemost pseudo-sophisticated
alternative formpseudosophisticated

Origin of pseudo-sophisticated

From pseudo- + sophisticated.

Questions about pseudo-sophisticated

What does pseudo-sophisticated mean?
Pseudo-sophisticated means affecting an air of sophistication; pretentious.
What part of speech is pseudo-sophisticated?
Pseudo-sophisticated is an adjective.

Words near pseudo-sophisticated in the dictionary

  1. pseudo-skull
  2. pseudo-skulls
  3. pseudo-socialism
  4. pseudo-socialist
  5. pseudo-socialists
  6. pseudo-sophisticated
  7. pseudo-state
  8. pseudo-states
  9. pseudo-telepathy
  10. pseudo-TLD
  11. pseudo-TLDs

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