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sophomoric - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Adjective

sophomoric (comparative more sophomoric, superlative most sophomoric)

• Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore.
• Conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature.
  • ✤ The editors agree with that “and make that puerile, sophomoric, and jejune too,” says Beard.¹
• Pretentious; inflated in style or manner.
  • ✤ * sophomoric affectation*

Etymology

From sophomore + -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sɒfəˈmɒɹɪk/, /sɒfəˈmɔːɹɪk/
• (US) IPA: /sɑf(ə)ˈmɑɹɪk/, /sɑf(ə)ˈmɔːɹɪk/

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Footnotes

1. 1972 December 10, Mopsy Strange Kennedy, “Juvenile, puerile, sophomoric, jejune, nutty‐and funny”, in The New York Times ‎${}^{[1]}$: ↩

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