pseudo-sophisticated

Sort of the Dunning–Kruger effect as applied to sophistication. A cognitive bias that individuals with somewhat limited cultural or worldly experience overestimate their own sophistication. A smug attitude as related to elegance, good taste, and sensibilities by someone who thinks they are all these things, but in fact are not. A "put on" or show of sophistication by someone who in fact lacks sophistication.

Jim, who bragged about being a collector of fine art, stated that Thomas Kinkade was his favorite artist, thus exposing that he was pseudo-sophisticated when is came to art.

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pseudo-sophisticated

Adjective
1. Pretentious
2. That piece of writing you had to edit in your creative writing discussion that was written by an emo with a thesaurus fetish and unresolved daddy issues.

"Damn, what did I just read? Rory, that was so pseudo-sophisticated. There so much unnecessary drama!"