1. Plural of pseud; people who pretend to have knowledge, taste, or sophistication they do not actually possess.
Usage: informal; chiefly British; often derogatory

Examples

• The art gallery was full of pseuds who couldn't tell a Picasso from a child's drawing.
• He dismissed the critics as pseuds who used fancy jargon to sound intelligent.
• The pseuds at the wine tasting pretended to appreciate wines they clearly didn't understand.
• She called out the pseuds on social media for their fake intellectual posturing.
• The book mocked the pseuds in the literary world who valued style over substance.