copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else;
a copy that is represented as the original;
the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations;
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect;
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn''t fake anything; it''s real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide";