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Spanish
Etymology
From seudo- + intelectual.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seudointeleɡˈtwal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: seu‧doin‧te‧lec‧tual
Noun
seudointelectual m or f by sense (plural seudointelectuales)
- pseudointellectual
2016 May, “Boyas que van a la deriva. A Erik Del Bufalo”, in El Nacional:En la vida académica, intelectual, en la que se supone reina la autoexigencia, y en la que por su propia naturaleza se precisa y se presume de la excelencia, es fácil distinguir sin mayor apremio el creciente éxito de los seudointelectuales, y para usar los mismos términos orteguianos, el triunfo de los “incualificados, incalificables y descalificados por su propia contextura”.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)