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ʃæmsham
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
sham
Pretense (Latin prætendo) primarily signifies the holding something forward as having certain rights or claims, whether truly or falsely; in the good sense, it is now rarely used except with a negative; as, there can be no pretense that this is due; a false pretense implies the possibility of a true pretense; but, alone and unlimited, pretense commonly signifies the offering of something for what it is not. Hypocrisy is the false pretense of moral excellence, either as a cover for actual wrong, or for the sake of the credit and advantage attaching to virtue. Cant (Latin cantus, a song), primarily the singsong iteration of the language of any party, school, or sect, denotes the mechanical and pretentious use of religious phraseology, without corresponding feeling or character; sanctimoniousness is the assumption of a saintly manner without a saintly character. As cant is hypocrisy in utterance, so sanctimoniousness is hypocrisy in appearance, as in looks, tones, etc. Pietism, originally a word of good import, is now chiefly used for an unregulated emotionalism; formalism is an exaggerated devotion to forms, rites, and ceremonies, without corresponding earnestness of heart; sham (identical in origin with shame) is a trick or device that puts one to shame, or that shamefully disappoints expectation or falsifies appearance. Affectation is in matters of intellect, taste, etc., much what hypocrisy is in morals and religion; affectation might be termed petty hypocrisy. Compare DECEPTION.
Synonyms:
affectation, cant, dissimulation, formalism, hypocrisy, pharisaism, pietism, pretense, sanctimoniousness, sanctimonyAntonyms:
candor, frankness, genuineness, honesty, ingenuousness, openness, sincerity, transparency, truth, truthfulness
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Princeton's WordNet
fake, sham, postichenoun
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Synonyms:
impostor, shammer, imposter, fraud, pretender, postiche, faker, juke, role player, pseudo, fake, pseud, hairpiece, false hairimposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role playeradjective
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Synonyms:
histrion, fraud, imposter, pseudo, fake, dissimulator, faker, player, pretender, fraudulence, juke, role player, hoax, dissembler, put-on, humbug, shammer, actor, pseud, hypocrite, phoney, phony, postiche, impostor, dupery, malingerer, thespian, skulkerassumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, shamverb
adopted in order to deceive
"an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
Synonyms:
off-key, fancied, fake, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, put on, fictional, assumed, false, faux, fictitious, fabricated, pretended, untruesimulate, assume, sham, feignverb
make a pretence of
"She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
Synonyms:
pretend, adopt, take for granted, arrogate, get into, accept, strike, dissemble, take on, imitate, acquire, usurp, simulate, assume, put on, presume, affect, feign, take, model, take over, seize, don, take up, bear, wear, copyfeign, sham, pretend, affect, dissembleverb
make believe with the intent to deceive
"He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
Synonyms:
bear upon, make believe, mask, touch, cloak, touch on, strike, dissemble, move, assume, involve, pretend, venture, simulate, impress, affect, hazard, feign, act, impact, guess, profess, bear on, regard, make
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
shamadjective
Synonyms:
counterfeit, spurious, pretended, dummy, unreal false, mock, simulatedshamnoun
Synonyms:
pretense, feint, delusion, imposition, mockery, fraud, imitation, dissimulation, simulationshamverb
Synonyms:
feign, pretend, imitate, personate, dissimulate
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "sham":
farce, bluff, shum, fictitious, charade, masquerade, travesty, shenzhen-hong, false, mockery, mock, deep, hypocritical, deception, scam, fictional, fraud
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How to use sham in a sentence?
Pruitt justifies reconsideration by suggesting that industry did not have an adequate opportunity to comment on the inclusion of low-producing wells or the process for requesting an alternative means of emission limitation, those justifications are a sham, and the reconsideration and stay are just another giveaway to the fossil fuel industry.
Impeachment is a hoax. It's a sham.
Key Republican lawmakers are meddling with the very core of Key Republican lawmakers democracy and with the most fundamental rights of Key Republican lawmakers constituents. Key Republican lawmakers can not deliberate on these issues through a process that is at best a blundering mess and at worst a deceptive, hyperpartisan sham.
The appeal process was a sham, resulting in the commissioner rubber-stamping his own decision.
Today, the sham impeachment attempt concocted by Democrats ended in the full vindication and exoneration of President Donald J. Trump.
Translations for sham
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- زائفArabic
- Imitat, Fälschung, Schwindel, Betrug, verstellen, MogeleiGerman
- απάτηGreek
- fingir, fingido, falsoSpanish
- väärennös, petos, huiputus, jäljennös, huijausFinnish
- ruse, feinte, astuce, faux-semblant, mentir, tromperie, tricher, tromperFrench
- दिखावाHindi
- álHungarian
- falso, fasulloItalian
- 真似事, ごまかし, まがいものJapanese
- bedrog, nep, imitatie, kwakzalverij, oplichterijDutch
- udawanyPolish
- păcăleală, păcăliRomanian
- мошенничество, жульничество, подделкаRussian
- เสแสร้งThai
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