(noun)
Being a person marked by having
1. The ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations
2. The skilled use of reason
3. The ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria
apparently rather than actually as stated.
Being a person marked by having
1. The ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations
2. The skilled use of reason
3. The ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria
apparently rather than actually as stated.
by GM Yami Yokaze December 20, 2004
Get the Pseudointellectual mug.A person who tries to inject themselves into conversations where they think they have relevant knowledge and impress those around them with aforementioned knowledge. These people are inevitably proven to be morons by those around them with more than a quarter of a brain. When ignored they usually go away, calling them on their bullshit is another route to dismiss the PIF.
Matt: "That Andrew tried to lecture me again about the Philosophy of Plato."
Phil: "Yeah that guy is a pseudointellectual fuck. If old faithful spewed steaming nonsense instead of water it would be called Andrew."
Phil: "Yeah that guy is a pseudointellectual fuck. If old faithful spewed steaming nonsense instead of water it would be called Andrew."
by the antiPIF February 4, 2010
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you: you mean that SCUBA gear?
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you: you mean that SCUBA gear?
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by Rora47 July 26, 2012
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Get the pseudo-intellectual mug.4 signs of the pseudo-intellectual
1. Quoting
2. Going against common thought without evidence
3. Bringing up intellectualism in non-requistite situations
4. Un-neccersary use of verbs and adjectives with 4 syllables or more
1. Quoting
2. Going against common thought without evidence
3. Bringing up intellectualism in non-requistite situations
4. Un-neccersary use of verbs and adjectives with 4 syllables or more
Dude #1: hey wanna go to the movies tomorrow night?
Dude #2: Nah, the cinema is so low-brow. I don't understand how so many people find aesthetic values in it. I'm going home to read. As Descartes said "cogito, ergo sum".
Dude #1: Yeah....OK.
Dude #2: Nah, the cinema is so low-brow. I don't understand how so many people find aesthetic values in it. I'm going home to read. As Descartes said "cogito, ergo sum".
Dude #1: Yeah....OK.
by Simon Bee July 15, 2008
Get the pseudo-intellectual mug.1. One who attempts to flex intellect that does not exist within his or her own mind.
2. Can probably be found with a thesaurus in hand, while in a chat room, looking up new insults that are synonymous with "stupid" in order to boost his or her own undeserved ego.
3. Typical cases of pseudo-intellectualism involve pre-pubescent 15 year olds that think they have everything figured out, including, but not limited to: life, religion, politics, education, and sex. Ironically, they have never quite experienced either of the aforementioned.
4. Pretends he or she has an opinion.
5. Posseses a severe tendency to blindly and wholeheartedly believe any bullshit they hear, only to subsequently regurgitate the misinformation to anyone they see in an asinine attempt to appear more intelligent than a used, broken condom.
6. Should the victim of the verbal onslaught happen to have a differing opinion, the pseudo-intellectual will revert to his or her thesaurus and insult the opposition with words he or she never knew existed, and probably cannot even pronounce.
7. Annoyingly and constantly refers to the word antidisestablishmentarianism, as if knowledge of said word defined his or her illegitimately high intelligence quotient.
8. Typically a hypocrite; creates many, many contradictions. Most online grammar/spelling Nazis can relate.
9. Always ends a bullshit "argument" with, "I win, so stfu." Win what, dipshits? Your opinions weren't fact in the first place.
2. Can probably be found with a thesaurus in hand, while in a chat room, looking up new insults that are synonymous with "stupid" in order to boost his or her own undeserved ego.
3. Typical cases of pseudo-intellectualism involve pre-pubescent 15 year olds that think they have everything figured out, including, but not limited to: life, religion, politics, education, and sex. Ironically, they have never quite experienced either of the aforementioned.
4. Pretends he or she has an opinion.
5. Posseses a severe tendency to blindly and wholeheartedly believe any bullshit they hear, only to subsequently regurgitate the misinformation to anyone they see in an asinine attempt to appear more intelligent than a used, broken condom.
6. Should the victim of the verbal onslaught happen to have a differing opinion, the pseudo-intellectual will revert to his or her thesaurus and insult the opposition with words he or she never knew existed, and probably cannot even pronounce.
7. Annoyingly and constantly refers to the word antidisestablishmentarianism, as if knowledge of said word defined his or her illegitimately high intelligence quotient.
8. Typically a hypocrite; creates many, many contradictions. Most online grammar/spelling Nazis can relate.
9. Always ends a bullshit "argument" with, "I win, so stfu." Win what, dipshits? Your opinions weren't fact in the first place.
<Pseudo-Intellectual> Omg. You are Stupid. You are an idiot for not agreeing with everything I say. I know I'm right, even though I know nothing about the subject, because my friend knows someone that read someone's blog somewhere that mentioned something about it. I win, so stfu, you unintelligent moron. God, your stupid. You're such a stupid idiot. Antidisestablishmentarianism.
<Pseudo-Intellectual has signed off>
<Pseudo-Intellectual has signed off>
by ohfukmeh September 14, 2004
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