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pseudoclassic

pseudoclassic adjective: falsely classic.

Adjective

pseudoclassic (not comparable)

  1. Falsely classic.

Noun

pseudoclassic (plural pseudoclassics)

  1. A work that is falsely claimed to be a classic.
    • Kang Youwei denounced the ancient classics as pseudoclassics and put forward the saying that Confucius was the author of the “six classics,” which had shaken the foundation of traditional studies of Confucian classics […]2020, Zeng Yeying, Contemporary Studies on Modern Chinese History II

Forms of pseudoclassic

pluralpseudoclassics

Origin of pseudoclassic

From pseudo- + classic.

Questions about pseudoclassic

What does pseudoclassic mean?
Pseudoclassic means falsely classic.
What part of speech is pseudoclassic?
Pseudoclassic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pseudoclassic in the dictionary

  1. pseudocladistic
  2. pseudoclasper
  3. pseudoclaspers
  4. pseudoclass
  5. pseudoclasses
  6. pseudoclassic
  7. pseudoclassical
  8. pseudoclassicism
  9. pseudoclassicisms
  10. pseudoclassics
  11. pseudocleavage

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