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An artificial leather bag strap, made from plastic. Artificial leather, also called synthetic leather, is a material intended to substitute for leather in upholstery, clothing, footwear, and other uses where a leather-like finish is desired but the actual material is cost prohibitive or unsuitable due to practical or ethical concerns.
faux false, ersatz, fake. faux pas lit. "false step": violation of accepted, although unwritten, social rules. [29] femme fatale lit. "deadly woman": an attractive woman who seduces and takes advantage of men for her personal goals, after which she discards or abandons them.
Tofurkey – faux turkey, a meat substitute in the form of a loaf or casserole of vegetarian protein, usually made from tofu (soybean protein) or seitan (wheat protein) with a stuffing made from grains or bread, flavored with a broth and seasoned with herbs and spices; Cauliflower – coated in flour and baked or fried to imitate chicken wings ...
Faux-en-Périgord, French commune of the Dordogne department; Faux-Fresnay, French commune of Marne department; Faux-la-Montagne, French commune of the Creuse department; Faux-Mazuras, French commune of the Creuse department; Faux-Vésigneul, French commune of the Marne department; Faux-Villecerf, French commune of the Aube department
Informal fallacies – arguments that are logically unsound for lack of well-grounded premises. [14]Argument from incredulity – when someone can't imagine something to be true, and therefore deems it false, or conversely, holds that it must be true because they can't see how it could be false.
Faux or Faulx is a surname, ultimately from Latin fagus ("beech"). The English surname is of Flemish origin. [1] The Belgian "Faux" and its variants could derive from the adjective faux (Middle French: faulx), "false", but they are most likely toponymic surnames. "Faux" is a variant of "Faulx", and "Faut" is another variant from either one of ...
The term was introduced by a French book, Les faux amis: ou, Les trahisons du vocabulaire anglais (False friends, or, the betrayals of English vocabulary), published in 1928. As well as producing completely false friends, the use of loanwords often results in the use of a word in a restricted context , which may then develop new meanings not ...
A dummy corporation, dummy company, or false company is an entity created to serve as a front or cover for one or more companies. It can have the appearance of being real (logo, website, and sometimes employing actual staff), but lacks the capacity to function independently.