contrived vs pseudo

contrived

adj
  • Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic. 

  • Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way. 

pseudo

adj
  • Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham. 

  • Insincere. 

noun
  • An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual. 

  • pseudo-city code 

  • A poseur; one who is fake. 

  • A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity. 

How often have the words contrived and pseudo occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )