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pretence

/ pretence /

noun

noun Sense 1

the act of giving a false appearance

"his conformity was only pretending"

Type of:

deception deceit dissembling

Kinds of:

appearance show make-believe pretend affectation

Derived:

simulate assume sham feign pretend

noun Sense 2

imaginative intellectual play

Type of:

imagination imaging imagery

noun Sense 3

pretending with intention to deceive

Type of:

misrepresentation deceit deception

Kinds of:

bluff pretext stalking-horse hypocrisy lip service

Derived:

feign sham pretend affect dissemble

noun Sense 4

an artful or simulated semblance

"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

Type of:

semblance gloss color

noun Sense 5

a false or unsupportable quality

Type of:

artificiality

Derived:

pretend

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