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pseudoromantic

pseudoromantic adjective: spuriously romantic; schmaltzy.

Adjective

pseudoromantic (comparative more pseudoromantic, superlative most pseudoromantic)

  1. Spuriously romantic; schmaltzy.
    • Pure fantasia as the fictional betrothal is, it illustrates how pseudoromantic and sentimental Bernard Shaw was at heart, in spite of his public pose...1963, Charles Garfield Lott Du Cann, The loves of George Bernard Shaw
    • ...she personally resented this increasingly dumb attempt to cash in on the pseudoromantic mystique of those particular olden days in this town...1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland

Forms of pseudoromantic

comparativemore pseudoromantic
superlativemost pseudoromantic

Origin of pseudoromantic

From pseudo- + romantic.

Questions about pseudoromantic

What does pseudoromantic mean?
Pseudoromantic means spuriously romantic; schmaltzy.
What part of speech is pseudoromantic?
Pseudoromantic is an adjective.

Words near pseudoromantic in the dictionary

  1. pseudorhomboid
  2. pseudoring
  3. pseudorings
  4. pseudoriparian
  5. pseudoritualistic
  6. pseudoromantic
  7. pseudoronine
  8. pseudoroot
  9. pseudoroots
  10. pseudorosette
  11. pseudorosettes

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