pseudo-charity

Noun 1. (Also known as "fake charity") An organization or event which claims to fully or partially solve a problem of social welfare ("for charity"), but uses methods that do not effectively solve the problem, or solve it at the expense of creating harder-to-solve problems. This misleading nature may be intentional (e.g., for profit, for company image) or unintentional (e.g., uninformed people with good intentions) 2. A trait or aspect of one's personality, describing a person who appears to have great charity, but frankly, does not. This could be intentional or unintentional, aware or unaware.