pseudointellectual
/soo-doh-in-tl-ek-choo-uhl/US // ˌsu doʊˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əl //
伪知识分子,假知识分子,伪智力,伪知识份子
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
- : a person who pretends an interest in intellectual matters for reasons of status.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of, relating to, or characterized by fraudulent intellectuality; unscholarly: a pseudointellectual book.
Examples
As soon as I heard this long, desperate stream of pseudointellectual gibberish, I knew instantly that this thing was doomed.
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