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pseudoaristocratic en · ADJ

Etymology

From pseudo- + aristocratic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Apparently, but not actually, aristocratic.
    • All these pseudo-aristocratic Harvard types were all fawning over her and introducing their children, who had materialized out of thin air, to Miss Landers. 1974 April 13, Barbara Piccirilii, “Landerslander”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
    • Herzl's identification with pseudoaristocratic ideals extended to his espousal of the code of honor of the duel. All these represented modes of assimilation and Herzl's effort to distance himself from Jewish traits. 1993, Jacques Kornberg, Theodor Herzl: From Assimilation to Zionism, page 59: