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The character "伪", representing concepts of falsity and artificiality, is structurally composed of the human radical "亻" paired with the phonetic and semantic component "为", which conveys the sense of action or making, thus originally implying human fabrication. Its traditional form "偽" retains a more complex historical right-hand element "爲", an older variant of "为", yet both forms maintain the core idea of contrivance through human agency. The semantic trajectory of the character has shifted from a neutral indication of something man-made or crafted toward a consistently negative implication of deceit, pretense, and insincerity, reflecting a cultural association between human intervention and the departure from natural authenticity.
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他的伪善令人厌恶。
这份文件被发现是伪造的。
不要被伪装的友好所欺骗。
他提供了伪证，妨碍了司法公正。
这些伪劣产品危害消费者健康。
那本书里的历史描述被学者斥为伪史。
批判伪科学是普及真知的重要一环。
真与伪的界限，有时并不像表面那么清晰。