Authentic
Authentic adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.
Made-up
Made-up adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Usage example: the bogeyman was one of those made-up monsters whose sole purpose was to threaten children
Both words in one sentence
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He also thinks that he's morally superior to everyone else due to being poorer and true to a made-up and rather arbitrary code of what an authentic artist is.
Source: Theatre / Seminar
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