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adjective
artificial, fake
Synonyms: apish, bogus, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz, faked, false, feigned, forged, fraudulent, hokey, imitation, imitative, make-believe, mimic, phony, pretended, pseudo, put-on, quasi, sham, simulated, so-called, spurious, substitute, unreal
Antonyms: authentic, genuine, real
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verb
ridicule
Synonyms: buffoon, burlesque, caricature, chaff, deride, flout, hoot, insult, jape, jeer, kid, laugh at, make fun of, needle, parody, poke fun at, rally, rib, scoff, scorn, show contempt, sneer, taunt, tease, thumb nose at, travesty
Antonyms: flatter, praise
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verb
mimic
Synonyms: affect, ape, assume, burlesque, caricature, counterfeit, ditto, do, fake, feign, hoke, imitate, lampoon, mime, mirror, parody, satirize, send up, simulate, take off, travesty
Antonyms: exalt
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verb
deceive
Synonyms: beguile, belie, betray, challenge, cheat, defeat, defy, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, elude, foil, fool, frustrate, juggle, let down, mislead, sell out, thwart
Antonyms: tell truth