fakery

cover-up deceit deception dishonesty distortion fabrication fallacy falsity misstatement perjury prevarication sham tall tale untruth

canard dissimulation equivocation erroneousness error fable fallaciousness falseness feigning fib fiction figment fraud hogwash line mendacity pretense story tale untruthfulness whopper yarn

fibbery half-truth untruism

frankness honesty openness truth truthfulness uprightness

nonfiction reality

charade

disguise dissimulation dream fantasy imagination pageant playacting pretense pretension pretentiousness sham

fairy tale

existence honesty reality substance truth

charade cloak pretext semblance veneer

act acting affectation appearance artifice claim deceit deception display dissimulation double-dealing evasion excuse fabrication facade falsification feigning gag guise insincerity invention make believe mask masquerade misrepresentation misstatement ostentation posing posturing pretentiousness routine ruse schtick sham shuffling simulation stall stunt subterfuge trickery veil wile

dumb act faking

reality

frankness honesty honor openness quiet simplicity truth truthfulness uprightness

farce forgery fraud hypocrisy mockery travesty

burlesque cant caricature cheat counterfeit cover-up deceit deception facade fake feint flimflam imitation impostor imposture jive pretense pretext put on sell smoke spoof

false front hypocriticalness pharisaism phoniness snow job

frankness openness original reality truth