- えせ
- 似非
false
would-be
sham
pretended
mock
spurious
pseudo
quasi* * *えせ―【似非―】*false/fɔ́ːls/ (通例人をだます目的で)本物でない, にせのpseudo-〖接頭〗いつわりの, 擬似の.¶ → 似非インテリ文化¶ → 似非学者* * *えせ-【似非-】false; bogus; fake; mock; sham; pretended; spurious; pseud(o)-; quasi-; 〖>F〗 soi-disant.●えせ学問 a (mere) smattering of knowledge; fake scholarship
・えせ学者 a false [pretended] scholar
・えせ君子 a hypocrite; a two-faced person; a wolf in sheep's clothing
・えせ紳士 a bogus gentleman; a gentleman only on the surface
・えせ文化人 a pseudo-intellectual; 《口》 a pseudo 《pl. ~s》; 《英》 《口》 a pseud.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.