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单词 pseudologist
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pseudologistn.

Brit. /s(j)uːˈdɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /suˈdɑlədʒəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pseudo- comb. form, -logist comb. form.
Etymology: < pseudo- comb. form + -logist comb. form, after pseudology n. With sense 1 compare earlier pseudologer n. and later pseudologue n.Compare Hellenistic Greek ψευδολογιστής , the name of a treatise by Lucian ( < ancient Greek ψευδολογία pseudology n. + -ιστής -ist suffix). Compare the following earlier use of the Hellenistic Greek book title in a Latinized form in an English context:1711 T. Brown tr. Lucian in Wks. Lucian III. (title) 252 The Pseudologista, or the Apophras, that is, The Black Day.
rare. Chiefly humorous.
1. A systematic liar; = pseudologer n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a liar
liarc950
gabbera1325
fabler1362
wernard1362
leasing-mongerc1380
false sayera1382
leasing-maker1424
leasing-bearerc1440
contriver1477
drivelard1530
falsifier1532
lie-teller1552
Ananias1572
lick-dish1575
falsificator1609
fabulist1626
cracka1640
leaser1641
commentiter1645
prevaricator1650
cracker1652
bugiarda1670
rapper1758
pseudologist1804
Tom Pepper1818
wrinkler1819
lie-monger1830
untruther1889
tale-teller1894
1804 Miniature 26 Nov. 65 I hear..that a work is in the press, and will speedily be published, entitled The Pseudologist or Complete Liar, in twenty-one volumes folio, with complete indices.
1871 Zell's Pop. Encycl. II. 681/1 Pseudologist... One who utters falsehoods.
1917 C. R. Payne tr. O. Pfister Psychoanalytic Method xxvi. 540 I have described the pathological liar (pseudologist) and thief (kleptomaniac).
1999 Independent (Nexis) 6 Apr. 9 These rapscallion pseudologists actually line up every year to fib it out in Britain's Grand National Lying Contest.
2. An expert in or student of pseudology. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > [noun] > science of > one versed in
pseudologist1867
1867 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Jan. 10 Everybody..becomes, by the very nature of things, a comparative pseudologist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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