pseudo

pref. imitation, simulated; faked, false; fictitious, mock

adj. simulated, pretend, seemingly; false, not genuine, mock

In common parlance, the prefix pseudo is used to mark something as false, fraudulent, or pretending to be something it is not, as in pseudoscience or pseudophilosophy. In referring to a person, the term "pseudo" is generally understood to mean "pseudointellectual".It also identifies something as superficially resembling the original subject; a pseudopod resembles a foot, and pseudorandom numbers simulate numbers generated by truly random events, but are in fact produced by an algorithm. In Internet parlance, a pseudo (from pseudonym, a false name) is a computer program designed to simulate a human user. Pseudos analyze thousands of words of text of a forum member's postings, and generate randomly new posts from that data that are supposed to resemble a satire on the forum participant's style. Pseudos have been used in the past to post flames and fool forum participants into thinking one of their own has adopted an additional screenname and used it to flame. Comparisons to pseudos are invoked as a colossal insult to tell a user that his rantings resemble not his own posts, but a parody of his posts. This can also be referred to as an alias.
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Noun
1. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
(synonym) imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseud, role player
(hypernym) deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
(hyponym) name dropper
Adjective
1. (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"
(similar) counterfeit, imitative
(classification) combining form

pseudo, imitation, simulated; faked, false; fictitious, mock

adj. pseudo, simulated, pretend, seemingly; false, not genuine, mock

pref. pseudo, imitation, simulated, false