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Meaning of pseudomessiah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˈsuːdəʊmɪˌsaɪə/

Definitions

A false Messiah; someone putatively claiming to be the Messiah.

Examples

“The reign of Elizabeth produced a small army of pseudo-Messiahs.”
“There is evidence that he was a Sabbatean, a follower of the seventeenth-century Jewish pseudomessiah, Shabbatai Zevi.”
“Ferrar did not rule as a tyrant, nor was he the pseudomessiah of a cult.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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