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pseudosacrifice

pseudosacrifice noun: something resembling a sacrifice that is not a true sacrifice, especially (chess) an offer of material made at no risk, since acceptance would lead to the gain of equal or greater material or checkmate.

Noun

pseudosacrifice (plural pseudosacrifices)

  1. Something resembling a sacrifice that is not a true sacrifice, especially (chess) an offer of material made at no risk, since acceptance would lead to the gain of equal or greater material or checkmate.

Forms of pseudosacrifice

pluralpseudosacrifices

Origin of pseudosacrifice

From pseudo- + sacrifice.

Questions about pseudosacrifice

What does pseudosacrifice mean?
Pseudosacrifice means something resembling a sacrifice that is not a true sacrifice, especially (chess) an offer of material made at no risk, since acceptance would lead to the gain of equal or greater material or checkmate.
What part of speech is pseudosacrifice?
Pseudosacrifice is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudosacrifice?
The plural of pseudosacrifice is pseudosacrifices.

Words near pseudosacrifice in the dictionary

  1. pseudos
  2. pseudosac
  3. pseudosaccharide
  4. pseudosaccharides
  5. pseudosacred
  6. pseudosacrifice
  7. pseudosacrifices
  8. pseudosacs
  9. pseudosagittal
  10. pseudosample
  11. pseudosamples

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