pseudoaristocratic

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ aristocratic

Adjective

pseudoaristocratic (not comparable)

1. Apparently, but not actually, aristocratic.
   • 1974 April 13, Barbara Piccirilii, “Landerslander”, in Gay Community News, page 9:

     All these pseudo-aristocratic Harvard types were all fawning over her and introducing their children, who had materialized out of thin air, to Miss Landers.

   • 1993, Jacques Kornberg, Theodor Herzl: From Assimilation to Zionism, page 59:

     Herzl's identification with pseudoaristocratic ideals extended to his espousal of the code of honor of the duel. All these represented modes of assimilation and Herzl's effort to distance himself from Jewish traits.