sham
- adjective
- /ʃæm/
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falso
- An all-inclusive transitional process that will take Ethiopia toward the path of a truly democratic system in place of the sham, repressive, and minority ethnic hegemonic political order that has been in place for the past two years.
It's a bit of a sort of kangaroo court, sham trial late at night, found guilty.
- It's a bit of a sort of kangaroo court, sham trial late at night, found guilty.
- But the difference is that revenge is now masked as sham love, fake love for the small.
Examples
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But the difference is that revenge is now masked as sham love, fake love for the small.
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It's a bit of a sort of kangaroo court, sham trial late at night, found guilty.
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It's not that this government only doing this, but now after the controversial and sham election, this situation is extremely repressive.
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Well, of course, the answer being that the trials were a sham and the National Guard was there throughout the entire time protecting these young men.
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You have David Sachs arguing that this was a sham trial designed for one purpose, to brand Donald Trump as a felon.
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Just as leatherette was sham, leather kashmerette was sham Kashmir, both current terms at the time.
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The politician's promises turned out to be nothing more than sham gestures to win the election.
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Her enthusiasm for the project felt sham and insincere, as she had no intention of following through.
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He was accused of creating a sham charity to collect money without any genuine intent to help others.
Synonyms
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2.8
Not real and made to trick people
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5.3
Trying to seem real to deceive people
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6.5
Trying to trick people to get their money
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5.3
Appearing true but making someone believe something that is not true
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5.0
Acting in a dishonest way to make people believe something untrue
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5.1
Not real and made up
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7.6
Seems real but is actually false
Made to seem real to trick people
Pretended to be true to make others believe it
Used to hide someone's real name, identity or feelings
Antonyms
Compounds
How Genuine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sham as an adjective comes from the same old idea of a 'pretend' or 'trick'. That's why calling an action or feeling 'sham' means it is made to deceive or is not real.