Phrase Hound found 166 phrases and 1,719 compound words that contain pseudo. The most common are listed below. Open pseudo in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 166
- pseudo-EnglishLexical borrowings from English that do not correspond directly to English word usage.
- pseudo-anglicismA word in a language other than English that has an English appearance but does not exist in English itself.
- pseudo-acronymA term that is seemingly an acronym or (loosely) an initialism, but the letters of which do not stand for specific words.
- pseudo-ChineseA Japanese humorous written variant which remarkably resembles Chinese by exclusively using kanji.
- pseudo-scholarshipAny body of publications purported to be scholarly or supported by critical scholarship but which fails to comply with scholarly standards.
- pseudo-RussianSynonym of faux Cyrillic: The usage of Cyrillic letters in place of visually similar (though not necessarily phonetically similar) Roman letters in languages which use the Roman alphabet, to create a more 'Russian' feel for a text.
- pseudo-Riemannian manifoldA generalization of a Riemannian manifold
- Pseudo-AristotleA general cognomen for authors of philosophical or medical treatises who attributed their work to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, or whose work was later attributed to him by others.
- pseudo-linguisticsWork purporting to fall under the scholarly field of linguistics but falling short of its standards; linguistic pseudo-scholarship.
- pseudo-analyticalAlternative form of pseudoanalytical: Having a false appearance of relying on legitimate analysis; based on technobabble, false assumptions, or false arguments.
- pseudo-TLDA top-level domain that is not part of the official worldwide Domain Name System but is used in a similar way, for example on an intranet.
- pseudo-atheismSupposed atheism that is not true atheism.
- pseudo-penannularForming a closed ring, but having two separately defined terminals, which are joined by a further element.
- pseudo forceSynonym of fictitious force: A force that appears to act on masses in a noninertial frame of reference.
- pseudo-complementThe relative pseudo-complement of a given element (of a Heyting algebra) with respect to the least element — the "zero" of that algebra.
- pseudo-democracyAlternative spelling of pseudodemocracy: A government that holds elections but restricts civil liberties.
- pseudo-historiesplural of pseudo-history: False history.
- pseudo-historyAlternative spelling of pseudohistory: False history.
- pseudo-localizationThe practice of using fake localization strings during development, intended to test the software's capability of handling multilingual text.
- pseudo-medicineAny system of treatment of physical ailments, or substances prescribed for such treatment, purported to be medical or supported by critical medical science but which cannot be shown to be effective
- pseudo-passiveAlternative spelling of pseudopassive: A construction where the object of a preposition has been promoted to the role of subject, as in The problem was talked about.
- pseudo-philosophyAlternative form of pseudophilosophy: Fake or very bad philosophy.
- pseudo-randomAlternative spelling of pseudorandom: Of a sequence of numbers, such that it has all the properties of a random sequence following some probability distribution (except true randomness), but is actually generated using a deterministic …
- pseudo-scienceAlternative spelling of pseudoscience: Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true …
- pseudo-sciencesplural of pseudo-science: Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science).
Compound words 1,719
- pseudoscienceAny body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science).
- pseudoscientificOf, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not scientific, though purporting to be scientific.
- pseudotumorAn enlarged portion of tissue that resembles a tumor
- pseudorabiesA highly contagious herpes virus infection that affects the central nervous system of many animals.
- pseudomembranousCharacterized by the presence of a pseudomembrane.
- pseudarthrosisA bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture
- pseudopodA temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion.
- pseudoaneurysmA so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery.
- pseudoscorpionAn arachnid belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida
- pseudochannelA subparallel feature consisting of a central core of undeformed strata, roughly U-shaped in cross section and cigar-shaped in plan, embedded in finer grained material.