ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pseudopopular

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Pseudopopular is an adjective meaning Apparently, but not actually, popular.

Meaning

Apparently, but not actually, popular.

Example Sentences

To us, the final step of Richard's coup, the pseudopopular offer of the crown, looks like a grand display of theatrical fireworks. But to the gullible spectators-within-the play, it is a political bludgeoning.
One must especially be alert, moreover, to distinguish popular materials, whether literary or nonliterary, from a kind of “pseudopopular” based on the current marketing of the Renaissance, through star-system phenomena like Kenneth Branagh and theme park-style Renaissance festivals.

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