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Recent Examples of pseud
Salutes to two pop music artists (X-Ray Spex and David Johansen) are preferable to Laura Poitras’s nauseating politicization of cultural pseud-activist Nan Goldin.
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Armond White, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023
Mr Baudet is dismissed by the establishment as a pseud-in-a-suit, but his calls for the Dutch to leave the EU resonate.
—The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
Armond White, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023
Mr Baudet is dismissed by the establishment as a pseud-in-a-suit, but his calls for the Dutch to leave the EU resonate.
—The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pseud
Noun
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Gray served in a variety of consequential positions over the years and wielded influence deftly to the benefit of the community, said Dick Batchelor, who represented Central Florida in the Legislature from 1974 to 1982 and regarded Gray as a sage confidant.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Following her character’s breakup with a cowboy (played by Luke Grimes), Langley hitches a ride back to Tennessee with a sage country singer who’s already seen it all (Miranda Lambert).—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Are mandarins and oranges good for you?—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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The scent, originally created by master perfumer Jacques Cavallier in 2017, is one of lemon, mandarin, and bergamot combined with tea extract.—
Anne Bratskeir,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.—
Judith Thurman,
The New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2023
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But Peck is already aware of Imogen's penchant for pandemonium, resisting the task of baby-sitting a bluestocking.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
10 May 2023
Noun
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Many thinkers have reported that key insights came to them in their dreams.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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The same despair and grief and hope as that of our contemporary artists and thinkers whose work may or may not outlive the sixth extinction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Pseud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pseud. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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