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imitation

n. copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else

imitation

n. the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations

forgery, counterfeit

n. a copy that is represented as the original

impersonation, caricature

n. a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

substitute, ersatz

adj. artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"

fake, false, simulated, faux

adj. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"

hypocrite, dissembler, phony, phoney

n. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

magnification, exaggeration, overstatement

n. making to seem more important than it really is

counterfeit, imitative

adj. not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

misleading, deceitful, deceptive, fraudulent

adj. intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

unfaithful, disloyal, faithless

adj. not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful lover"

perfidious, treacherous

adj. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"

unfaithful, disloyal, faithless

adj. not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful lover"

perfidious, treacherous

adj. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"

sham, pseudo, put on, assumed, feigned, fictitious, pretended

adj. adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"

made-up, fictitious, fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictive, invented

adj. formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story"

inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious

adj. intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"

arranged, staged

adj. deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully staged photographs"

colored, coloured, bleached, dyed

adj. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde"

cardboard, unlifelike

adj. without substance; "cardboard caricatures of historical figures"

celluloid, synthetic

adj. artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters"

conventionalized, stylized, stylised

adj. using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous; "a stylized mode of theater production"

dummy

adj. having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; "a dummy corporation"

factitious

adj. not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"

imitation, fake, false, simulated, faux

adj. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"

synthetic, man-made, semisynthetic

adj. not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"

arranged, staged

adj. deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully staged photographs"

colored, coloured, bleached, dyed

adj. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde"

cardboard, unlifelike

adj. without substance; "cardboard caricatures of historical figures"

celluloid, synthetic

adj. artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters"

conventionalized, stylized, stylised

adj. using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous; "a stylized mode of theater production"

dummy

adj. having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; "a dummy corporation"

imitation, substitute, ersatz

adj. artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"

factitious

adj. not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"

synthetic, man-made, semisynthetic

adj. not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"

formalism

n. the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented

real, existent

adj. being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow

authentic, unquestionable, veritable, bona fide

adj. not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"

true

adj. consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"

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