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pseudomessiah

Syllables: pseu·do·mes·si·ahUK/ˈsuːdəʊmɪˌsaɪə//ˈsudoʊmɪˌsaɪə/

pseudomessiah noun: a false Messiah; someone falsely claiming to be the Messiah.

Noun

pseudomessiah (plural pseudomessiahs)

  1. A false Messiah; someone falsely claiming to be the Messiah.
    • The reign of Elizabeth produced a small army of pseudo-Messiahs.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 129
    • There is evidence that he was a Sabbatean, a follower of the seventeenth-century Jewish pseudomessiah, Shabbatai Zevi.1990, Bryon L Sherwin, In Partnership with God, page 240

Forms of pseudomessiah

pluralpseudomessiahs
alternative formpseudo-Messiah

Origin of pseudomessiah

From pseudo- + messiah.

Questions about pseudomessiah

What does pseudomessiah mean?
Pseudomessiah means a false Messiah; someone falsely claiming to be the Messiah.
What part of speech is pseudomessiah?
Pseudomessiah is a noun.
How do you pronounce pseudomessiah?
Pseudomessiah is pronounced /ˈsuːdəʊmɪˌsaɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of pseudomessiah?
The plural of pseudomessiah is pseudomessiahs.

Words near pseudomessiah in the dictionary

  1. pseudomentalizing
  2. pseudomerohedral
  3. pseudomerohedrally
  4. pseudomerohedry
  5. pseudomesotheliomatous
  6. pseudomessiah
  7. pseudomessiahs
  8. pseudometallic
  9. pseudometallophyte
  10. pseudometallophytes
  11. pseudometaloph

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