pseudo-statement
noun
A form of expression that formally resembles statement but does not refer or correspond to objective fact, being rather used for its subjective effect on the hearer or reader; an instance of this.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Ivor Armstrong Richards (1893–1979), literary scholar and educationist.
- horseplay
- horseplayer
- horsepower
- horse race
- horse racing
- horseradish
- horseradish sauce
- horse rider
- horse riding
- horse sense
- horses for courses
- horseshit
- horseshoe
- horseshoe bat
- horseshoe crab
- horseshoes
- horseshoe worm
- horse show
- horse's neck
- horsetail
- horsetailer
- horse-trade
- horse-trader
- horse-trading
- horse trials