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pseudocorrectness

pseudocorrectness noun: the quality or condition of being pseudocorrect; of being incorrect but seemingly correct.

Noun

pseudocorrectness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality or condition of being pseudocorrect; of being incorrect but seemingly correct.

Origin of pseudocorrectness

From pseudo- + correctness.

Questions about pseudocorrectness

What does pseudocorrectness mean?
Pseudocorrectness means the quality or condition of being pseudocorrect; of being incorrect but seemingly correct.
What part of speech is pseudocorrectness?
Pseudocorrectness is a noun.

Words near pseudocorrectness in the dictionary

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

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