A sham is a fake. If you frequently order products advertised on late night, hour long television commercials, you’ve probably ended up with at least one item that was a sham. All purpose, industrial strength stain remover, anyone?
That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
Noun
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Noun
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Verb
make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
Verb
make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
Adjective S.
adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
n.
That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device
that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture,
humbug.
n.
A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
a.
False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham
fight.
v. t.
To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false
pretenses.
v. t.
To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
v. t.
To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape;
to feign.
v. i.
To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
Sham
Believe who will the solemn sham, not I.2.
Sham
They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.
Sham
Fooled and shammed into a conviction.2.
We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason.3.
Sham
Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming.
That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal;
To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
Usage Examples
If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art.
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.
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Other Usage ExamplesAn able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery.
There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.
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