¹put–on

adjective \ˈpu̇t-ˈȯn, -ˈän\

: not real or genuine

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circa 1625

Synonyms: affected, assumed, bogus, contrived, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, mock, phony (also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious, strained, unnatural

Antonyms: artless, genuine, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced

noun \ˈpu̇t-ˌȯn, -ˌän\

: the act of saying things that are not true in a joking way

: an instance of putting someone on <conversational put–ons are related to old-fashioned joshing — Jacob Brackman>

: parody, spoof <a kind of put–on of every pretentious film ever made — C. A. Ridley>

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1919

Synonyms: act, airs, charade, disguise, facade (also façade), front, guise, playacting, pose, pretense (or pretence), put-on, semblance, show

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