Fake

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Fake means not real. For example, a document or other object created to look like a real object that exists or could exist, or a performance where an event is played, or untrue statements.

Applications include:

  • fun, art, use as a toy
    • for example, a film or play shows fake events, where actors show fake emotions, and where fake objects are used
  • deception
  • the same purpose as the real thing

Reasons for using a fake object instead of the real thing include:

  • the real thing does not exist, including:
    • a document trying to prove something which is not true
    • a fantasy object
  • a fake version of an object may be:
    • more easily available
    • less expensive
    • less dangerous (e.g. a toy weapon, or a weapon prop)
    • less heavy
    • not requiring to kill an animal (meat analogue, imitation fur)
    • legal while the real thing is illegal
    • not requiring a license

There can be several levels of being real or fake. For example, in a work of fiction a character can have a dream or the story may involve counterfeit money (two levels), or a character dreaming about counterfeiting (three levels).

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