Sham
'sham' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for ersatz that I've seen before include "Phoney as in Germany" , "Cheap substitute or imitation" , "Artificial, imitation - from German" , "inferior type" , "Bogus" .)
'sham' is the definition.
(I know that sham can be written as pseudo)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for pseudo that I've seen before include "Dose up (anag.); pretentious" , "Fake, pretentious" , "artificial" , "Pretentious, insincere" , "Pod use is fake" .)
(Other definitions for feint that I've seen before include "Misleading action" , "Make slight movement to divert, as in fencing" , "Sell a dummy" , "ruled lightly" , "Artifice" .)
'sham' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for bogus that I've seen before include "Pretended" , "Not genuine, sham" , "Mock" , "Sham, counterfeit" , "that's not real" .)
'sham' is the definition.
(I know that sham can be written as false)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for false that I've seen before include "Invalid; untrue" , "Fake; untrue" , "Not true" , "Mendacious" , "Forged" .)
'sham' is the definition.
(I know that sham can be written as pseud)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for pseud that I've seen before include "Pretentious sort" , "Pretentious fraud" , "Poseur (colloq.)" , "Fraud -- dupes (anag)" , "Pretender - fraud" .)
'sham' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for pretence that I've seen before include "Deceit, dissimulation" , "Act of make-believe" , "False show hiding reality" , "Acting of making something appear true when it's not" , "False show; make-believe" .)
'sham' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for imitation that I've seen before include "Bogus" , "take-off" , "Act of copying" , "Sincerest flattery maybe" , "It's said to be the sincerest form of flattery" .)
'sham' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for mock that I've seen before include "Unreal; ridicule" , "Tease or laugh at" , "Imitation; tease scornfully" , "Deride; sham" , "Jeer, deride" .)
'sham' is the definition.
(I know that fake is a more specific form of sham)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for fake that I've seen before include "Forge(ry)" , "Sham, counterfeit" , "Very quick" , "Only pretend" , "Bogus" .)
'sham' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for act that I've seen before include "Perform theatrically" , "Feign" , "Aussie parliamentarians exert influence here?" , "Do something, in a play?" , "Feat" .)