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pseudodox, n.|ps-, ˈsjuːdədɒks|
[ad. Gr. ψευδόδοξ-ος holding a false opinion, ψευδοδοξία a false opinion or notion; f. ψευδο- pseudo- + δόξα opinion.]
A false or erroneous opinion. So ˈpseudodox, † pseudoˈdoxal adjs., of the nature of, or holding, a false opinion; ˈpseudodoxy [after orthodoxy, etc.], the holding of false opinions.
1615T. Adams Engl. Sicknesse ii. Wks. (1629) 337 To maintaine the atheisticall..*pseudodox, which iudgeth evill good and darknesse light. 1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature ii. 13 One Proposition, truely Orthodox (though..it seeme a Paradox, or Pseudodox). 1858Mayhew Upper Rhine Introd. (1860) 8 In this the modern Arcadia, the pseudodox still lingers.
1720T. Gordon Creed Indep. Whig p. i, There is not a Tenet which can justly be called *Pseudodox.
1638–48G. Daniel Eclog. ii. 127 Strange *Pseudo-doxal fancies. 1651Howell Venice 157 That the new name of blind obedience..is a Pseudo-doxall tenet.
1662Petty Taxes x. §28 There is no *pseudodoxy so great, but may be muzled from doing much harm..without either death, imprisonment, or mutilation. 1879McClintock & Strong Cycl. Bibl. Lit. VIII. 760 Pseudodoxy..designates a false or deceptive opinion, and hence is employed for superstition and error. |