pseudo

nouns

a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer

adjectives

(often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of
"a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"
pseudo
is similar to
not genuine; imitating something superior
"counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
counterfeit, imitative
domain usage
a bound form used only in compounds
"`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"
combining form