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pseudo-
pseudo-. False, counterfeit, pretended, or deceptively resembling something. Pseudodìpteral refers to a Classical building with the appearance of being a dipteral temple (with two rows of columns along the longer sides), but with no inner row, leaving a wide passage between cella and peristyle. Pseudo-Gothic is a pejorative term for C18 sham Gothic, and pseudo- is also applied to any style used falsely, e.g. pseudo-Georgian. Pseudoperipteral is applied to a Classical temple with the ‘peristyle’ engaged with the cell wall. Pseudoprostyle describes a prostyle temple without a pronaos, the portico colonnade set closer than an intercolumniation from or engaged with the cella wall behind. Pseudothyrum is a false or secret door.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "pseudo-." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "pseudo-." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-pseudo.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "pseudo-." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-pseudo.html |
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pseudo-
pseudo- (also pseud- before a vowel) • comb. form 1. supposed or purporting to be but not really so; false; not genuine: pseudonym pseudoscience. 2. resembling or imitating: pseudohallucination pseudo-French. |
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"pseudo-." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pseudo-." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pseudo005.html "pseudo-." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pseudo005.html |
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pseudo-
pseudo-, before a vowel pseud-, repr. comb. form of Gr. pseudḗs false, pseûdos falsehood, in comps. adopted (often through L.) from Gr. or modelled on them.
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T. F. HOAD. "pseudo-." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "pseudo-." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pseudo.html T. F. HOAD. "pseudo-." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pseudo.html |
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