pseudointellectual — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person who claims proficiency in scholarly or artistic activities while lacking in-depth knowledge or critical understanding.

2. A person who pretends to be of greater intelligence than they actually are.

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   The telltale sign of a pseudo intellectual is the superficial sprinkling and misuse of terms like "paradigm shift" and name dropping

Adjective

1. Pretentiously or insincerely intellectual.

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   […] one wonders whether the function of statistical techniques in the social sciences is not primarily to provide a machinery for producing phoney corroborations and thereby a semblance of ‘scientific progress’ where, in fact, there is nothing but an increase in pseudo-intellectual garbage.