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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | artificial, fake |
| Synonyms: | bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, false, imitation, mock, not genuine, not kosher, not legit, not real, phony, pirate, pretend, pretended, quasi, sham*, simulated, spurious, wrong |
| Notes: | pseudo is a prefix meaning 'counterfeit, deceptive, false' and it requires a hyphen when joined to a proper noun; quasi is a prefix meaning 'resembling' or 'in some manner' and it is usually hyphenated to a noun |
| Antonyms: | genuine, real, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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