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pseudodox

pseudodox adjective: not true in opinion or doctrine; false.

Adjective

pseudodox (not comparable)

  1. Not true in opinion or doctrine; false.

Noun

pseudodox (plural pseudodoxes)

  1. A false opinion or doctrine.
    • to maintain the atheistical paradox, pseudodox, which judgeth evil gooda. 1652, Thomas Adams, England's Sickness (sermon)
    • how clearly I can refel that paradox , or rather pseudodox , of those , which hold the face to be the index of the mind1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...

Forms of pseudodox

pluralpseudodoxes

Origin of pseudodox

From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”).

Questions about pseudodox

What does pseudodox mean?
Pseudodox means not true in opinion or doctrine; false.
What part of speech is pseudodox?
Pseudodox can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pseudodox in the dictionary

  1. pseudodomains
  2. pseudodominance
  3. pseudodominant
  4. pseudodot
  5. pseudodots
  6. pseudodox
  7. pseudodoxes
  8. pseudodoxies
  9. pseudodoxy
  10. pseudodragon
  11. pseudodragons

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