似非えせインテリ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

pseudo-intellectual

Derogatory term for someone who pretends to be intellectual or knowledgeable but lacks real substance. Often used in casual or critical contexts.

• 彼かれは似非えせインテリで、難むずかしい言こと葉ばを使つかうだけで中なか身みがない。

  He's a pseudo-intellectual who just uses big words without any real substance.

• あの似非えせインテリの評ひょう論ろん家かはいつも的まと外はずれなことばかり言いっている。

  That pseudo-intellectual critic always says things that miss the point.