faux

Etymology

Borrowed from French faux. Doublet of false.

adj

1. Fake or artificial.
   He modernizes the faux-archaic “withouten wind, withouten tide” to the more pointed and concrete “without a breeze, without a tide.” 2008, James Chandler, Maureen N. McLane, The Cambridge Companion to British Romantic Poetry
   Because mahoganies yield a supple fine-grained wood, they are often used as veneer wood. With proper technique and graining tools, all of these variations can be produced in faux wood. 2012, Susan Crabtree, Peter Beudert, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques, page 392
   Run grapes, either frozen, chilled, or room temperature, through your juicer for an incredible grape faux wine. 2012, Annie Padden Jubb, David Jubb, LifeFood Recipe Book: Living on Life Force, page 196
   The pregame crew then showed a pair of faux-Super Bowl ads, including an unnecessarily woke Cheez-It commercial and a Papa John’s ad that fully embraces Pizzagaters. 2021-02-07, Daniel Kreps, “Watch ‘Saturday Night Live’ Skewer Super Bowl Sunday”, in Rolling Stone
   Its faux burgers and sausages were landing on dinner plates in homes throughout the United States and on the menu boards of chans like Subway, Carl’s Jr. and Starbucks. 2022-11-21, Julie Creswell, “Beyond Meat Is Struggling, and the Plant-Based Meat Industry Worries”, in The New York Times