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pseud

/sjuːd/

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noun

C1formalcommon/sjuːd/

A noun referring to a person who makes deceitful pretenses, often pretending to be something they are not.

  • 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее человека, который притворяется или обманывает, часто выдавая себя за того, кем не является.
  1. Pretentious or fake person C1 informal british

    A person who pretends to be more knowledgeable, sophisticated, or important than they really are; a fraud or poser.

    • He's such a pseud, always name-dropping artists he's never actually seen.
    • The literary critic was dismissed as a pseud by the younger writers.
    • She saw through his act and called him a pseud.

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    Synonyms: charlatanfakefraudhumbugphonyposerposeurpretendersham