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pseudoconscience

pseudoconscience noun: a mindset or mental faculty that is mistaken for a conscience but lacks the truly ethical nature thereof. Also the misconstruction of pseudoconsciousness.

Noun

pseudoconscience

  1. A mindset or mental faculty that is mistaken for a conscience but lacks the truly ethical nature thereof.
    • a pseudoconscience that imposes unfairness while allegedly upholding fairness

Also used as

pseudoconscience is also the misconstruction of pseudoconsciousness.

Forms of pseudoconscience

alternative formpseudo-conscience

Origin of pseudoconscience

From pseudo- + conscience.

Questions about pseudoconscience

What does pseudoconscience mean?
Pseudoconscience means a mindset or mental faculty that is mistaken for a conscience but lacks the truly ethical nature thereof.
What part of speech is pseudoconscience?
Pseudoconscience is a noun.

Words near pseudoconscience in the dictionary

  1. pseudoconical
  2. pseudoconoid
  3. pseudoconoids
  4. pseudoconopea
  5. pseudoconopeum
  6. pseudoconscience
  7. pseudoconscious
  8. pseudoconsciousness
  9. pseudoconsensus
  10. pseudoconservative
  11. pseudocontact

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