Pseudo
Pseudo adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.
Usage example: the pseudo friendliness of a salesperson trying to sell you something
Spurious
Spurious adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.
Usage example: claimed that the governor's election-year enthusiasm for conservation was spurious, since he had cut funding for state parks
Pseudo is a synonym for spurious in sham topic. You can use "Pseudo" instead an adjective "Spurious", if it concerns topics such as counterfeit, false, phoney. informal substitute
Nearby Word: spuriously
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