pseudo-intellectual 

A person who uses "big words" to impress people, insists on being politically-correct all the time, constantly bitches about "the system", and thinks they're gods among men because they're atheist.

"Billy is such a pseudo-intellectual; he thinks he has to take American Government I this year because the school board's trying to brainwash him."

pseudo-intellectual by Rei August 23, 2003

pseudo-intellectual 

1) A blithering idiot that quotes works he doesn't truly understand, mearly repeating what they said so that will seem smart, usually done for his own self esteem.

2) All of Yahoo chat's Graveyard 1's 'Regs'. This is not the only known case of chat eliteism.

pseudo-intellectual Chat Elitest: You made a typo, how pedestrian. I'm a reg, and you're just a sub-reg, I'm a chat diety.

pseudo-intellectual by Cz-100 September 8, 2008

pseudo-intellectual 

A term used by pseudo-intellectuals to insult other pseudo-intellectuals.

Person 1: He is so intelligent.

Person 2: Bullshit! He's a pseudo-intellectual.

pseudo-intellectual by pseudo joel February 14, 2013

pseudo-intellectual 

Someone of below/average intelligence who does poorly in school, can't argue without hitting or yelling at someone, and refers to the "straw man argument" too much. They try to put a lot of thought into comebacks or their own opinions on things that do not need intellectual flexing, and then speed their voice up to make it sound like they're saying it with ease, but they really can't even understand what they're saying. The Pseudo-Intellectual evolves by the person mentioned "waking up" after watching a documentary, reading a book, etc. Half of the "intelligent" things they say are quoted, and they WILL ignore you if you mention it. They also try to aim at family members the most, trying to show that everyone in the family is stupid except him/her. The common Pseudo-Intellectual can be found on political forums like Zeitgeist, who plan on changing the world, but hardly do anything other than sitting on their computers planning. Their ego-centrist attitude may also come from the family holding the person the highest.

George: Why is Damian bringing up Kusunoki Masashige in this discussion about school?

Mary: I'm pretty sure his memory stems back to the latest thread of a political forum, and he's trying to impress us with something he's only going to remember temporarily.

George: Everyone thinks he's intelligent, but in reality he's a pseudo-intellectual.

pseudo-intellectual by Sumone Whoknows Alotofstuff November 26, 2010

pseudo-intellectual 

A pseudo-intellectual is someone who is too stupid to realize they are a pseudo-intellectual. This person is well armed with defense mechanisms, is extremely caustic and passive aggressive in the interest of protecting and preserving their delusions of grandeur.

conscience: Wow... I'm reading all these definitions of pseudo-intellect and my personality completely matches their descriptions... Must boost self-esteem and let the world know how intellectual I am. I know! I'll create a pseudonym called kookoodumdum and exploit my shattered ego! There. I'm a pseudo-pseudo-intellectual. I rule.

pseudo-intellectual by kookoodumdum September 3, 2009

pseudo-intellectual 

Typically those who overemphasise their scholastic experience or qualifications as a justification to belittle, marginalise or dismiss your opinion as pedestrian, limited or invalid.

They made claims that forwarded their ignorance and supposed superiority had an air of pseudo-intellectual proclivities.

pseudo-intellectual by Stephen James Sakamoto May 7, 2016

pseudo-intellectual 

The average Radiohead fan

He thinks listening to Kid A makes him smart, when in reality he's the biggest pseudo-intellectual on the planet

pseudo-intellectual by Shipmentofcoolness March 30, 2015