pseudoclassic

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English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ classic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pseudoclassic (not comparable)

  1. Falsely classic.

Noun

pseudoclassic (plural pseudoclassics)

  1. A work that is falsely claimed to be a classic.
    • 2020, Zeng Yeying, Contemporary Studies on Modern Chinese History II:
      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 []