pretense
1. [ noun ] the act of giving a false appearance
Synonyms: pretending simulation feigning pretence
Examples:

"his conformity was only pretending"

Related terms: deception affectation appearance masquerade make-believe feign simulate
2. [ noun ] pretending with intention to deceive
Synonyms: dissembling pretence feigning
Related terms: misrepresentation bluff pretext hypocrisy feign
3. [ noun ] (psychology) imaginative intellectual play
Synonyms: pretence make-believe
Related terms: imagination
4. [ noun ] an artful or simulated semblance
Synonyms: pretence pretext guise
Examples:

"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

Related terms: semblance
5. [ noun ] a false or unsupportable quality
Synonyms: pretence pretension
Related terms: artificiality pretend
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