pseudoconscience

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Etymology[edit]

pseudo- +‎ conscience

Noun[edit]

pseudoconscience (plural pseudoconsciences)

  1. A mindset or mental faculty that is mistaken for a conscience but lacks the truly ethical nature thereof.
    a pseudoconscience that imposes unfairness while allegedly upholding fairness
  2. (catachresis) Misconstruction of pseudoconsciousness
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