Home › Words › P › pseudosacrificepseudosacrificepseudosacrifice means something resembling a sacrifice that is not a true sacrifice, especially (chess) an offer of material made at no risk, since acceptance would lead to the gain of equal or greater material or checkmate.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, pseudosacrifice ranks #14,464 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom pseudo- + sacrifice.nounSomething resembling a sacrifice that is not a true sacrifice, especially (chess) an offer of material made at no risk, since acceptance would lead to the gain of equal or greater material or checkmate.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).