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feint(noun, pretense)
4
hallucination(noun, fancy, confusion, deception, impression)
4
illegitimate(fake, false, bogus)
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illusion(noun, cover, fancy, deception, effect)
4
illusory(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, untrue)
4
imagined(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, pretend)
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so-called(adjective, fake, counterfeit, mock, pretend)
4
supposititious(untrue, unreal, fabulous, developed, fictitious)
3
apparition(noun, fancy, confusion, deception, impression)
3
dummy(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
3
fabricated(adjective, fake, false, unusual, strange)
3
falsified(fake, counterfeit, lying)
3
fictive(adjective, untrue, imaginary, fabulous, developed)
3
figmental(adjective, fantasy, untrue, unreal, developed)
3
imposture(noun, fake, trick, copy, deception)
3
invented(adjective, false, counterfeit, pretend, phony)
3
invention(noun, trick, confusion, deception, impression)
3
mimic(adjective, fake, pretend, simulated)
3
phantasm(noun, fancy, confusion, deception, impression)
3
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