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pseudochina en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From pseudo- + china.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A material that resembles, and serves as a substitute for, china.
    • Hard plastic sets of pseudochina come in lovely patterns, and although unbreakable, feel much like real china. 1975, Emily Post, Elizabeth L. Post, The New Emily Post's Etiquette, page 356:
    • More important, pure white Pyroceram resembled one of the household's most treasured materials: fine porcelain. Waterman advocated molding this miraculous stuff into cookware and promoting the pseudochina with all the fanfare that a top-notch advertising agency offered. 2020, Regina Lee Blaszczyk, Imagining Consumers: