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pseudoskill

pseudoskill noun: a fake or ingenuine skill; something approximating a skill.

Noun

pseudoskill (plural pseudoskills)

  1. A fake or ingenuine skill; something approximating a skill.
    • Curriculum and materials are too often stupid as well as dull, aimed to produce attitudes and allegedly practical pseudoskills rather than understanding and capability.1964, Daniel Schreiber, The School Dropout, page 210
    • The result of Hofsten (1983) rules out the possibility that the catching observed in infants is a kind of pseudoskill governed by some simplified strategy.2016, Herbert Heuer, Andries Sanders, Perspectives on Perception and Action, page 40

Forms of pseudoskill

pluralpseudoskills

Origin of pseudoskill

From pseudo- + skill.

Questions about pseudoskill

What does pseudoskill mean?
Pseudoskill means a fake or ingenuine skill; something approximating a skill.
What part of speech is pseudoskill?
Pseudoskill is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudoskill?
The plural of pseudoskill is pseudoskills.

Words near pseudoskill in the dictionary

  1. pseudosites
  2. pseudoskeptic
  3. pseudoskeptical
  4. pseudoskepticism
  5. pseudoskeptics
  6. pseudoskill
  7. pseudoskills
  8. pseudoslave
  9. pseudoslavery
  10. pseudoslaves
  11. pseudosocial

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