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单词 pseudery
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pseuderyn.

Brit. /ˈs(j)uːd(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈsudəri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pseud n., -ery suffix.
Etymology: < pseud n. + -ery suffix. Compare pseudish adj.
colloquial. derogatory.
Intellectual or social pretension or affectation; pseudo-intellectual speech, writing, debate, etc.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun]
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poncing1969
pseudery1972
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [noun] > affected manner
pseudery1972
pseudishness1978
1972 Guardian 24 Feb. 10/3 There's nothing like an overt piece of pseudery to make one feel all lilywhite.
1975 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 6/2 In another paper, a psychiatrist solemnly reported his finding that ‘in general fat people do not go to university’... These farragoes of improbable pseudery..tend to be prefaced by an enormously portentous address.
1976 Broadcast 12 Jan. 9/3 Capital's Sunday pseudery gets the boot.
1996 H. Marks Mr Nice (1998) i. 19 Prison fare had cured me of that bit of pompous pseudery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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