- SHAM Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
imposture, fraud, sham, fake, humbug, counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine
- Sham - definition of sham by The Free Dictionary
1 a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax 2 a person who pretends or counterfeits 3 a cover or the like: a pillow sham
- SHAM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
ʃæm pretended; not real: a sham battle (Definition of sham from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
- Sham Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
SHAM meaning: 1 : something that is not what it appears to be and that is meant to trick or deceive people; 2 : someone who deceives people by pretending to be a particular kind of person, to have a particular skill, etc
- SHAM definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Something that is a sham is not real or is not really what it seems to be The government's promises were exposed as a hollow sham Many of the world's leaders have already denounced this election as a sham sham marriages Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
- sham - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Alternatively, sham is a term that is used to describe the bottom thick base of a glass, usually a wine or stem glass, where the stem meets the bulbous shape bowl Glass manufacturers would increase the "sham" to deceive customers into thinking a glass holds more than it actually does
- sham - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
sham (sham), n , adj , v , shammed, sham•ming n something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax a person who shams; shammer a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham adj pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade designed, made, or
- Shamanism - Wikipedia
Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance [4][5] The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination, or to aid human beings in some other way [4][6] Beliefs and practices categorized as shamanic
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