pseudospeciationn.
/ˌs(j)uːdəʊspiːʃɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌsudoʊˌspiʃiˈeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌsudoʊˌspisiˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ The making of pseudospecies (see pseudospecies n.); false division into species.
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pseudospeciation1966
1966 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 251 284 The dark side of pseudo-speciation is that it makes us consider the members of pseudo-species other than our own as not truly or fully human.
1974 Black Panther 16 Mar. 11/3 Without new insights, we must really fear new outbreaks of that reactionary pseudospeciation which found (we hope) its climax in Hitler.
1975 N.Y. Times 26 Jan. x. 1/1 Erikson calls this ‘pseudospeciation’..meaning that man has falsely created divisions where there are none.
1992 Gallerie: Women Artists' Monographs Dec. 56 One of the most enlightening scraps was labelled ‘pseudo-speciation’. This is a process used to desensitize us, to make the enemy less-than-human in our eyes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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