Person A: “Did you see the new John Green video?”
Person B: “Of course not, he’s such a pseudo-intellectual”
Person A: “what?”
Person B: “you know he’s not actually qualified to talk about most of the stuff he has opinions on”
Person B: “Of course not, he’s such a pseudo-intellectual”
Person A: “what?”
Person B: “you know he’s not actually qualified to talk about most of the stuff he has opinions on”
by Idontlikedefininitions November 23, 2020
Get the Pseudo-Intellectualmug. Oh man. I remember years ago when TED conferences were filled with genuinely inspiring, fascinating and ground-breaking presentations. That recent TEDx conference was just a pseudo-intellectual circle jerk.
by PseudoIntellect July 2, 2012
Get the Pseudo-Intellectual Circle Jerkmug. "What's your religion?"
" aesthetic existentialist pseudo intellectual. i R winz 4ever."
Hehe you said " I are winz "
Footnote:
Just wiki: aestheticism, Nietzsche
Then Urbandictionary :
Pseudo intellectual
Then Wiki Cogito Ergo Sum
Because anything worth knowing is worth working hard for.
That is the meaning of aesthetic existentialist pseudo intellectual.
" aesthetic existentialist pseudo intellectual. i R winz 4ever."
Hehe you said " I are winz "
Footnote:
Just wiki: aestheticism, Nietzsche
Then Urbandictionary :
Pseudo intellectual
Then Wiki Cogito Ergo Sum
Because anything worth knowing is worth working hard for.
That is the meaning of aesthetic existentialist pseudo intellectual.
by Clarence Senterekxentrix November 27, 2010
Get the aesthetic existentialist pseudo intellectualmug. A verb where people who think they're smart, agree with each other and create ridiculous ideas.
Similar to "mental masturbation" but with idiots.
Similar to "mental masturbation" but with idiots.
by Andy Kaufman5252 December 15, 2010
Get the Pseudo-Intellectual Circle Jerkmug. by Sheep29 August 25, 2023
Get the pseudo-intellectualmug. by Sir. B September 19, 2020
Get the Pseudo-Intellectualmug. An individual who spends more time trying to flex their intellect rather than actually wanting to learn. Pseudo-intellectuals aren't unintelligent or uneducated per se, however the crux of the issue is that they are not as intelligent as they are letting on. For example, to be an intellect on a specific subject, an intellectual would read multiple books or articles then study them in order to retain all the information. A pseudo-intellectual would read one article and label themselves an expert on the subject.
Ways to spot a pseudo-intellectual
1. Plagiarising
2. Quoting
3. Using advanced language to make themselves sound smart, but fails because they use the word incorrectly
4. They use their knowledge as a weapon. For example smart people want to pass on the knowledge they have to other people to inform them on a certain subject. Pseudo-intellectuals on the other hand seek to impress and show off, so put others down to increase their feelings of superiority and lower the self worth of others for their own personal gain
5. They like to start arguments whether it is on politics, philosophy, religion or science, but it ends up backfiring on them due to only retaining snippets of information on these topics, but not the full story, whereas their opponent has been pre-educated before the debate and read multiples books and sources on the topic throughly, thus absolutely thrashing the pseudo-intellectual in a debate. Ultimately never begin a debate on something you know nothing about because people will get the impression thag you're just desperate to flex your knowledge when there probably isn't much of it.
1. Plagiarising
2. Quoting
3. Using advanced language to make themselves sound smart, but fails because they use the word incorrectly
4. They use their knowledge as a weapon. For example smart people want to pass on the knowledge they have to other people to inform them on a certain subject. Pseudo-intellectuals on the other hand seek to impress and show off, so put others down to increase their feelings of superiority and lower the self worth of others for their own personal gain
5. They like to start arguments whether it is on politics, philosophy, religion or science, but it ends up backfiring on them due to only retaining snippets of information on these topics, but not the full story, whereas their opponent has been pre-educated before the debate and read multiples books and sources on the topic throughly, thus absolutely thrashing the pseudo-intellectual in a debate. Ultimately never begin a debate on something you know nothing about because people will get the impression thag you're just desperate to flex your knowledge when there probably isn't much of it.
by UltimateDoge May 25, 2022
Get the Pseudo-intellectualmug.