Pseudoacademic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Apparently, but not actually, academic.
"a pseudoacademic conference"
Example
More examples"Through this network, White nationalists produced books and pseudoacademic journals purporting to show White people evolved to have higher IQs and commit less crime than people of color and Jews, who evolved to trick White people into supporting diversity."
Etymology
From pseudo- + academic.
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