faux β artificial or imitation; fake: a brooch with faux pearls.
artificial β Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology.
substitute β a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
simulated β to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
false β not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
mock β to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
synthetic β of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
reproduction β the act or process of reproducing.
counterfeit β Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
fake β to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
phony β not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
sham β something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
bogus β If you describe something as bogus, you mean that it is not genuine.
copied β an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
manufactured β the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
spurious β not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
noun ersatz
offprint β Also called separate. a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.
photostat β a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
transcription β the act or process of transcribing.
microfiche β a flat sheet of microfilm in a form suitable for filing, typically measuring 4 by 6 inches (10 by 15 cm) and containing microreproductions, as of printed or graphic matter, in a grid pattern.
reprint β to print again; print a new impression of.
reduplication β the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
simulacrum β a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
duplication β an act or instance of duplicating.
mimesis β Rhetoric. imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, as in order to represent his or her character.
copy β If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.
ectype β a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
mimeograph β a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
