One noun for “phony” or an alternative to “phoniness”
I visited some famous tourist hotspots in a country where I enjoyed some beautiful sceneries. When we got some facts and told that trees were fake: they were carefully sculpted so that they even looked like trees from forest, we felt betrayed.
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How is fraud in fake trees? It is a copy of something which it resembles the
real thing in order to trick people into believing this is true.
Faux palm trees can be especially disturbing when you tap them and hear a metallic ringing rather than a woody thud.
From Oxford dictionary:
Made in imitation; artificial:
Not genuine; fake or false.
From Oxford dictionary: Contextual or..
What is the use of substitute in this context? From English/Francised from fr., en. Ersatz says “Made in imitation” (even artificial). How would not you describe the fact that the palm trees ersatz with other plants?
Synonyms include artificial, faux, imitation, knock off.
Aside from being an adjective, Ersatz is a noun. However, in Chinese, it is a noun. In terms of nouns, previously-suggested deception perhaps matches best in the example sentence, “We felt betrayed by the ____”. So using terms like sham and bogosity have more-negative connotations than are warranted and appear natural. I should have checked the question to be sure. What is engendered by fake trees? Are deceptions made better by knowing they’re made? One might fill in the blank with unbelievability, or maybe with a longer phrase like “the incongruity or shabbiness or unreality of trying to improve on nature”
Artificiality, artificialness, fakeness, imitation, bogusness, bogosity, falseness, ersatzness, dumminess… Look up synonyms for bogus, and adapt to get
nouns from it.
What would be more meaningful in a sentence as compared to a simple word? What is based on a quote around “We felt betrayed by the subterfuge of using artificial trees instead of real and natural surroundings. What is and doesn’t make up for fraud, deceit, dishonesty or deception.
Also, in regards to Reto Koradi’s comment above in reply to jwpat’s suggestion of ersatz. When used in English, is it very common for the speaker/writer to intend to impress a sense of a lower quality substitute. Have used for many years in this manner.
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From Google search:
Sham
Noun,
- that is not what it is purported to be.
This article has been called “a farce” by the
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“Fake” could be also a “fake” in a noun and therefore “fake”.
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/no-nonsense/. How
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We had read and learned that the trees planted on the greenery were fake rather than real we were backed by the truth and felt betrayed like they are!
How can a business be scammed out of money? In this context it fits because the OP was part of a group of paying tourists. Is that a mistake? What are some good places to visit in Thailand as a tourist? Where the tourism agency pays fees for tourism services and tourist company is the tourists are made aware when they arrive and they pay a fee if they like to travel with tourists. In exchange expects not to be lied to. ” and in exchange expects not to be lied to!” For a fee of 300,000 dollars, this fee includes tourism. The area features natural and wild beauty.
Once established that some of the trees are fake, one could also call the setup, a hoax, which Merriam_Webster defines as, an act intended to trick or deceive people.
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Is there any point making you feel betrayed here? If you want to write a sentence that has a singular word, the bit of slight inauthenticity would work.
Is there real authentic or unknown tourist experience for travelers on their trip?
