A manufactured or artificial display of
intellectual depth that lacks genuine understanding or substance. It plays on the idea of
something being artificially created or
fake, like "deepfake" technology.
"I can't stand listening to him. Every argument he makes is
pure deep-faux, designed to sound smart without any actual
knowledge."
"His lecture sounded profound at first, but after a few minutes, you realized it was all just deep-faux – no real substance behind the big
words."