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单词 pseudo-prophetical
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pseudo-propheticaladj.

Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)prəˈfɛtᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌsudoʊˌprəˈfɛdək(ə)l/, /ˈˌsudoʊˌproʊˈfɛdək(ə)l/
Forms: see pseudo- comb. form and prophetical adj. and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pseudo- comb. form, prophetical adj.
Etymology: < pseudo- comb. form + prophetical adj., after pseudoprophet n. Compare later pseudo-prophetic adj. and the Greek and Latin parallels cited at that entry.
= pseudo-prophetic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective] > false
pseudo-prophetical1588
pseudo-prophetic1664
pseudo-mantic1894
1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 45 The fantasticall books of Brigit full fraught with such pseudopropheticall wonderments.
a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. 190 The Pseudo-Prophetical Spirit is seated only in the Imaginative Powers and Faculties inferior to Reason.
1664 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. (1669) 130 The Bestian and Pseudoprophetical power..is burnt and destroyed.
1766 D. Jennings Jewish Antiq. I. vi. 371 Divine inspiration was distinguished from the pseudoprophetical spirit of the Heathens, and other pretenders to prophecy.
1851 Encycl. Americana 491/1 This belief was clothed in still more lively colors by the descriptions of such a state in some pseudo-prophetical writings.
1957 Folk-lore 68 349 The bitterness, fanaticism and hatred which was fanned by this pseudo-prophetical blast.
1991 C. Castoriadis Philos., Politics, Autonomy 32 Taking refuge in pseudopoetical and pseudoprophetical utterances masquerading as thought.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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