Pseudosensitive
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 appealing to a superficial or exaggerated need for tact
"And yes and don't worry I'm aware of how all this sounds and can well imagine the judgments you're forming from the way I'm characterizing what drew me to her but if I'm really to explain this to you as requested then I have no choice but to be brutally candid rather than observing the pseudosensitive niceties of euphemism."
Example
More examples"And yes and don't worry I'm aware of how all this sounds and can well imagine the judgments you're forming from the way I'm characterizing what drew me to her but if I'm really to explain this to you as requested then I have no choice but to be brutally candid rather than observing the pseudosensitive niceties of euphemism."
Etymology
From pseudo- + sensitive.
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