Faux and Legitimate

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Faux adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.

Usage example: even the animal rights activists were fooled by the faux furs

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Legitimate is an antonym for faux.

Legitimate adjective - Permitted by law.

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Faux is an antonym for legitimate.

A variation is the Faux News show or sketch, which satirizes elements of legitimate news shows but doesn't use factual information.

Source: News Parody

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