pseudery
/ˈs(j)uːd(ə)ri/informal derogatory
noun
Intellectual or social pretension or affectation; pseudo-intellectual speech, writing, debate, etc.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in The Guardian. From pseud + -ery.
- hang something on
- hang something out
- hang something up
- hang ten
- hang time
- hang together
- overawe
- overbake
- overbalance
- overballast
- overballasting
- overbank
- overbanked
- overbanking
- over-bark
- overbear
- overbearance
- overbearing
- overbearingly
- overbearingness
- overbeat
- over-beaten
- overbeating
- over-belief
- overbend