The meaning of PSEUDO is being apparently rather than actually as stated : sham, spurious. How to use pseudo in a sentence.

PSEUDO definition: not actually but having the appearance of; pretended; false or spurious; sham. See examples of pseudo used in a sentence.

Faking & pretending (Definition of pseudo- from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Pseudo- (from Greek: ψευδής, pseudḗs 'false') is a prefix used in a number of languages, often to mark something as a fake or insincere version. [1] In English, the prefix is used on both nouns and adjectives.

Pseudo- is used to form adjectives and nouns that indicate that something is not the thing it is claimed to be. For example, if you describe a country as a pseudo-democracy, you mean that it is not really a …

pseudo- is also used to mean "closely or deceptively resembling'': pseudo- + -pod- → pseudopod (= a part of an animal that closely resembles a foot). Also, [esp. before a vowel,] pseud-.

pseudo- a combining form meaning “false,” “pretended,” “unreal” (pseudoclassic; pseudointellectual), “closely or deceptively resembling” (pseudocarp).