Pseudopopular
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Apparently, but not actually, popular. not-comparable
"One must especially be alert, moreover, to distinguish popular materials, whether literary or nonliterary, from a kind of “pseudopopular” based on the current marketing of the Renaissance, through star-system phenomena like Kenneth Branagh and theme park-style Renaissance festivals."
Example
More examples"One must especially be alert, moreover, to distinguish popular materials, whether literary or nonliterary, from a kind of “pseudopopular” based on the current marketing of the Renaissance, through star-system phenomena like Kenneth Branagh and theme park-style Renaissance festivals."
Etymology
From pseudo- + popular.
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