pretense | ||
1. | [ noun ] the act of giving a false appearance | |
Synonyms: | pretending simulation feigning pretence | |
Examples: | "his conformity was only pretending" |
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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" |
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Related terms: | semblance | |
5. | [ noun ] a false or unsupportable quality | |
Synonyms: | pretence pretension | |
Related terms: | artificiality pretend | |
Similar spelling: |
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