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pseudocorrect

pseudocorrect adjective: seeming or presented to be correct, but actually incorrect.

Adjective

pseudocorrect (not comparable)

  1. Seeming or presented to be correct, but actually incorrect.

Origin of pseudocorrect

From pseudo- + correct.

Words formed from pseudocorrect

Questions about pseudocorrect

What does pseudocorrect mean?
Pseudocorrect means seeming or presented to be correct, but actually incorrect.
What part of speech is pseudocorrect?
Pseudocorrect is an adjective.

Words near pseudocorrect in the dictionary

  1. pseudocopulation
  2. pseudocopulations
  3. pseudocopulatory
  4. pseudocopy
  5. pseudocoronal
  6. pseudocorrect
  7. pseudocorrectness
  8. pseudocorrelation
  9. pseudocorrelations
  10. pseudocortex
  11. pseudocortical

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