English Explanatory Dictionary

pseudo-scholarship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any body of publications purported to be scholarly or supported by critical scholarship but which fails to comply with scholarly standards.
  2. An arrangement that in effect grants a scholarship to a student, without being considered on a par with a real or standard scholarship

Pronunciation

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Word forms

pseudo-scholarship pseudo-scholarships pseudoscholarship

Etymology

From pseudo- + scholarship. 19th-century coinage.

Derived words

pseudo-scholarly pseudo-scholar
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