Pseŭ'do

(sū'do). [From Gr. ψευδής, lying, false, from ψεύδειν, to belie.] A prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, or spurious;—often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, pseudo-apostle, pseudo-clergy, pseudo-episcopal, pseudo-evangelicism, pseudo-form, pseudo-man, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher, pseudo-philosophy, pseudo-republican, and the like.