3
invented(fake, false, counterfeit, pretend, phony)
3
jive(noun, fake, cheat, trick, sport)
3
malingerer
3
mimicry(noun, impression, picture, imitation, joke)
3
mirror(noun, copy, assume, mock, pretend)
3
mistaken(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
3
model(noun, verb, reproduction, mock, steal)
3
pharisaism(noun, trick, deception, fraud, pretense)
3
play(noun, verb, move, act, plan)
3
play-act(verb, honest, informal, true, pretend)
3
play a part(expression, idiom, copy, assume, mock)
3
posture(noun, verb, performance, show, do)
3
pretension(noun, show, fake, trick, fantasy)
3
quacksalver(sharp, fake, counterfeit, fraud, impostor)
3
quasi(adjective, fake, informal, pretend, artificial)
3
representation(noun, imitation)
3
sanctimony
3
simulacrum(noun, reproduction, fake, copy, effect)
3
suppositious(adjective, fake, informal, false, counterfeit)
3
trumped up(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, wrong)
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