fakehood

English

Etymology

From fake +‎ -hood. Possibly also as a blend of fake +‎ falsehood.

Noun

fakehood (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The condition or state of being fake.
    Synonym: fakeness
    • 1900, The Bookman, volume 11, page 501:
      I am a bad music critic – I love music too much to tell the truth about the emotional "fakehood of the art."
    • 1921, Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly, volume 30, page 419:
      And then the base and cowardly manner in which it has been done bears at once the mark of fakehood on its front.
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