似非 – Vocabulary details

似え非せ

Prefix

Usually written in kana

1. false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended; mock

resemble

go against

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pseudoscience

sham; fraud; counterfeit; impostor; pretender

pseudo-intellectual

pseudo-scholar; fake scholar; would-be expert

laughable affair; unlaudable affair; something unreliable

smirk; affected smile

sophistry

distant disinterested parent

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