ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pseudoservice

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pseudoservice is a noun meaning (countable) Something offered or presented as a service that is not actually useful.

Meaning

(countable) Something offered or presented as a service that is not actually useful.

More Meanings

  1. (uncountable, Kantian philosophy) Formal or clerical rituals that are imagined to serve God, as distinguished from genuine good or pleasing actions.

Example Sentences

The pushing of doorbells, the recording of “contacts,” and the requirement of monthly reports all add up to expensive pseudoservices. At best they constitute a costly but useless frenzy of activity.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nonservice, pseudosolution, nonjob, pseudosecret, nonutility, pseudocolumn.

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