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Definitions for FAUX
foʊfaux
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Princeton's WordNet
fake, false, faux, imitation, simulatedadjective
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"
Wiktionary
fauxadjective
Fake or artificial
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faux
Faux is a French word that translates to "false" or "fake" in English. It is commonly used to describe something that is a recreation, imitation, or simulation of something else, usually a high-quality or expensive material. For example, "faux leather" is a material designed to look and feel like real leather, but it is made from synthetic materials.
Webster Dictionary
Fauxnoun
see Fauces
Etymology: [L.]
Wikidata
Faux
Faux is a French word for "false". When manufacturing faux objects or materials, an attempt is often made to create products which will resemble the imitated items as closely as possible. However, some products are intentionally made to look "faux", for example, faux furs made for prospective buyers who want their fur to be recognizable as imitation due to controversy over the use and manufacture of real animal furs. Faux materials are produced in a variety of ways, for example faux finishes, such as Terrazzo and scagliola, generally made with marble dust in a plaster binder, yielding a hard material that will take a polish. To imitate marbles, porphyry, and other stones, "faux finishes" are often painted using spatterdash, sponging, and feather-streaking techniques on gessoed and painted surfaces.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
FAUX
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Faux is ranked #22260 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Faux surname appeared 1,158 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Faux.
89.3% or 1,035 total occurrences were White.
4.3% or 50 total occurrences were Black.
3.6% or 42 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of FAUX in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of FAUX in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of FAUX in a Sentence
The cyber industry is riddled with faux experts and self-proclaimed scholars, Tallinn Manual 2.0 is a perfect example of what happens when cyber-upstarts try to proclaim authority on a topic they know nothing about.
You are a product to dragnet surveillance capitalists like Google, Facebook, Comcast and Verizon. Your ideas are rarely your own, rather you are little more than a pawn to their perception steering initiatives to get you to read, believe and buy what they put in front of you. The first step to breaking out of this faux reality matrix is to stop using Google, Bing, Yahoo, Comcast and Facebook.
It's better to have no company than faux company
San Francisco designer Martha Angus:
A boxwood hedge might be 18 to 24 inches deep, that takes up a lot of space. Faux boxwood comes in squares that are 3 inches deep that you can staple to a fence. They’re absolutely gorgeous, don’t require water and take up no room whatsoever.
We did actually book a few clients who kept' the dream' cake by having us create enormous drama with faux cake tiers for display.
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