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fictional collapse: related to or involving literary fiction; "clever fictional devices"; "a fictional treatment of the train robbery"

nonexistent collapse: not having existence or being or actuality; "chimeras are nonexistent"

pseudo collapse: (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"

self-styled collapse: as claimed by and for yourself often without justification; "the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind"

chimerical collapse: produced by a wildly fanciful imagination; "his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush

simulated collapse: reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character; "under simulated combat conditions"

notional collapse: not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"

pinchbeck collapse: an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold; serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"

assumed collapse: accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted"; adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"; taken as your right without justification; "was hearing evidence in an assumed capacity"; "Congress's arrogated powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states"

artificial collapse: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"; contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"; not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

embellished collapse: rich in decorative detail; excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

fanciful collapse: indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"; having a curiously intricate quality; "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"; not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself"

illegitimate collapse: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"; of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

tin collapse: a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide; prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface; plate with tin

apocryphal collapse: being of questionable authenticity; of or belonging to the Apocrypha

legendary collapse: so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend; "the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers"

unreal collapse: lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"; not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"

colored collapse: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples"; having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

bastard collapse: derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"; the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

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