Pseudoclassic
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A work that is falsely claimed to be a classic.
"Kang Youwei denounced the ancient classics as pseudoclassics and put forward the saying that Confucius was the author of the “six classics,” which had shaken the foundation of traditional studies of Confucian classics […]"
Adjective
- 1 Falsely classic. not-comparable
Example
More examples"Kang Youwei denounced the ancient classics as pseudoclassics and put forward the saying that Confucius was the author of the “six classics,” which had shaken the foundation of traditional studies of Confucian classics […]"
Etymology
From pseudo- + classic.
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