pseudoskill

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ skill.

Noun

pseudoskill (plural pseudoskills)

1. A fake or ingenuine skill; something approximating a skill.
   • 1964, Daniel Schreiber, The School Dropout, page 210:

     Curriculum and materials are too often stupid as well as dull, aimed to produce attitudes and allegedly practical pseudoskills rather than understanding and capability.

   • 2016, Herbert Heuer, Andries Sanders, Perspectives on Perception and Action, page 40:

     The result of Hofsten (1983) rules out the possibility that the catching observed in infants is a kind of pseudoskill governed by some simplified strategy.