pseudoservice noun2 •Something offered or presented as a service that is not actually useful.The pushing of doorbells, the recording of “contacts,” and the requirement of monthly reports all add up to expensive pseudoservices. At best they constitute a costly but useless frenzy of activity. — 2015 •Formal or clerical rituals that are imagined to serve God, as distinguished from genuine good or pleasing actions. formspseudoservices