The meaning of PSEUDO is being apparently rather than actually as stated : sham, spurious. How to use pseudo in a sentence.

PSEUDO definition: not actually but having the appearance of; pretended; false or spurious; sham. See examples of pseudo used in a sentence.

Faking & pretending (Definition of pseudo- from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Pseudo- (from Greek: ψευδής, pseudḗs 'false') is a prefix used in a number of languages, often to mark something as a fake or insincere version. [1] In English, the prefix is used on both nouns and adjectives.

1. false, pretending, or unauthentic: pseudo-intellectual. 2. having a close resemblance to: pseudopodium.

Pseudo definition: False or counterfeit; fake.

a combining form meaning “false,” “pretended,” “ unreal,” used in the formation of compound words (pseudoclassic; pseudointellectual); in scientific use, pseudo- denotes close or deceptive …