"pseudoconscience" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudoconscience.wav Forms: pseudoconsciences [plural]
Etymology: From pseudo- + conscience. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|conscience}} pseudo- + conscience Head templates: {{en-noun}} pseudoconscience (plural pseudoconsciences)
  1. A mindset or mental faculty that is mistaken for a conscience but lacks the truly ethical nature thereof.
    Sense id: en-pseudoconscience-en-noun-Svlhsk8u Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pseudo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pseudo-: 83 17
  2. (catachresis) Misconstruction of pseudoconsciousness Tags: alt-of, misconstruction Alternative form of: pseudoconsciousness
    Sense id: en-pseudoconscience-en-noun-Bx9zBhN9 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English misconstructions, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pseudo-conscience
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