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pseudoevents

pseudoevents is the plural of pseudoevent.

Meaning of pseudoevent

Noun

pseudoevent (plural pseudoevents)

  1. A happening that is orchestrated for some ulterior purpose.
    • Terrorists use violence as a pseudoevent to gain notoriety and legitimacy through media coverage of their acts.2005, James A. Johnson, Gerald R. Ledlow, Mark A. Cwiek, Community Preparedness and Response to Terrorism, page 66

Questions about pseudoevents

What is pseudoevents the plural of?
Pseudoevents is the plural of pseudoevent.

Words near pseudoevents in the dictionary

  1. pseudoethical
  2. pseudoetymological
  3. pseudoetymology
  4. pseudoevangelical
  5. pseudoevent
  6. pseudoevents
  7. pseudoevidence
  8. pseudoexacerbation
  9. pseudoexacerbations
  10. pseudoexfoliation
  11. pseudoexfoliations

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