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pseudoskill

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + skill.

  1. derived from *(s)kelH-✻
  2. inherited from *skilōną✻
  3. derived from skilja
  4. inherited from scilian
  5. inherited from skilen
  6. prefixed as pseudoskill — “pseudo + skill”

Definitions

  1. A fake or ingenuine skill

    A fake or ingenuine skill; something approximating a skill.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pseudoskill. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA