impostures
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- واژهنامه · Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary im·pos·ture n. Pronunciation: im- ' päs-chər Function: noun Etymology: Late Latin impostura, from Latin impositus, impostus, past participle of imponere Date: 1537 1 : the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name 2 : an instance of imposture synonyms IMPOSTURE , FRAUD , SHAM , FAKE , HUMBUG , COUNTERFEIT mean a thing made to seem other than it is. IMPOSTURE applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine . FRAUD usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth . SHAM applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action . FAKE implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty . HUMBUG suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent . COUNTERFEIT applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable .