| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A display of insincere behavior: act, acting, disguise, dissemblance, masquerade, pretense, show, simulation. See HONEST, TRUE. 2. A fraudulent imitation: counterfeit, fake, forgery, phony. See TRUE. 3. A false, derisive, or impudent imitation of something: burlesque, caricature, farce, mock, mockery, parody, travesty. See RESPECT, SAME. | | VERB: | 1. To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of: act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, play-act, pose, pretend, put on, simulate. See HONEST, TRUE. 2. To take on or give a false appearance of: affect2, assume, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, put on, simulate. Idioms: make believe. See TRUE. | | ADJECTIVE: | Fraudulently or deceptively imitative: bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, fraudulent, phony, spurious, suppositious, supposititious. See TRUE.
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