False
False adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.
Usage example: so much of the sympathy that the widow received was false and hypocritical, since it came from people who never liked her husband in the first place
Realistic
Realistic adjective - Aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are.
Usage example: a realistic appraisal of our chances
Both words in one sentence
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Post-Crisis he looked more like a realistic caterpillar◊ and the "whites" of his eyes could be explained as a caterpillar's false "eyespots".
Source: Cartoony Eyes - Moreover, conflict depicted in this way is not realistic, and rings false to the viewer.
Source: Advantage Ball -
At one point, the titular characters rig up a false Sasquatch to scare their friends and Candace; when a much more realistic Bigfoot shows up, Candace runs it down talking about how clearly it's fake, then the kids run in terror when she is eaten by it.
Source: Mistaken for an Imposter
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