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IMPOSTER |
Pretender |
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CHARLATAN |
A pretender |
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PRETENDANT |
A pretender; a claimant. |
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PHILOSOPHIST |
A pretender in philosophy. |
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PHILOSOPHASTER |
A pretender to philosophy. |
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THEOLOGASTER |
A pretender or quack in theology. |
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POLITICASTER |
A petty politician; a pretender in politics. |
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ADVENTURER |
A social pretender on the lookout for advancement. |
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PRETENDERSHIP |
The character, right, or claim of a pretender. |
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QUACK |
To act the part of a quack, or pretender. |
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MOUNTEBANK |
Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack. |
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GRAMMATICASTER |
A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or
pretender. |
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PSILOSOPHER |
A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a
sham philosopher. |
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IGNORAMUS |
A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to
knowledge; a dunce. |
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ILLUMINATE |
One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary
light and knowledge. |
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SCIOLIST |
One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to
science; a smatterer. |
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WITLING |
A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender
to wit or smartness. |
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SIMULAR |
One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that
which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender. |
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PEDANT |
One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain
display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. |
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COXCOMB |
A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of
display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a
fop. |
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IMPOSTOR |
One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a
character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a
pretender. |
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PRETENDER |
The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of
James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to
the throne of Great... |
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EMPIRIC |
...d regular practice; an ignorant
and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan. ... |
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HYPOCRITE |
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purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside
seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false
pretende... |