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" .)
'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 "Fake, phoney" , "Spurious" , "Phoney, not genuine" , "Scribbled drawing" , "Not genuine, sham" .)
'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" , "Spurious, untrue" , "Not genuine or real" , "Sham" , "Misleading" .)
'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 type" , "Fake intellectual" , "pretentious woman" , "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 "False show; make-believe" , "Act of make-believe" , "False show hiding reality" , "Invention" , "Acting of making something appear true when it's not" .)
'sham' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for imitation that I've seen before include "Unoriginal" , "Sincerest flattery maybe" , "Simulated" , "produced by copyist?" , "Sham - mimicry" .)
'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 "Jeer, deride" , "Unreal; ridicule" , "Make fun of; imitation" , "Not real, ridicule" , "Treat with contempt -- imitation" .)
'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 "False, sham" , "Fraud" , "Very quick" , "Phoney (like news?)" , "Forge" .)
'sham' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for act that I've seen before include "work" , "Major section of a play" , "Perform(ance)" , "Play (a role)" , "Major division of play" .)