pseudopopular
pseudopopular adjective: apparently, but not actually, popular.
Adjective
pseudopopular (not comparable)
- Apparently, but not actually, popular.
- One must especially be alert, moreover, to distinguish popular materials, whether literary or nonliterary, from a kind of “pseudopopular” based on the current marketing of the Renaissance, through star-system phenomena like Kenneth Branagh and theme park-style Renaissance festivals.1997, Amitava Kumar, Class Issues: Pedagogy, Cultural Studies, and the Public Sphere, page 70
- To us, the final step of Richard's coup, the pseudopopular offer of the crown, looks like a grand display of theatrical fireworks. But to the gullible spectators-within-the play, it is a political bludgeoning.2004, Catherine M. S. Alexander, Shakespeare and Politics, page 133
Origin of pseudopopular
From pseudo- + popular.
Questions about pseudopopular
- What does pseudopopular mean?
- Pseudopopular means apparently, but not actually, popular.
- What part of speech is pseudopopular?
- Pseudopopular is an adjective.
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