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Pretence

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Noun Chiefly British .

pretense.

Noun

a false or unsupportable quality[syn: pretension ]
an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"[syn: guise ]
pretending with intention to deceive[syn: pretense ]
imaginative intellectual play[syn: pretense ]
the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"[syn: pretense ]

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    to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so, to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign, to make believe, to presume; venture, to allege or profess,...

  • Pretended

    insincerely or falsely professed, feigned, fictitious, or counterfeit, alleged or asserted; reputed., adjective, adjective, a pretended interest in art...

  • Pretender

    a person who pretends, esp. for a dishonest purpose., an aspirant or claimant (often fol. by to ), a person who makes unjustified or false claims, statements,...

  • Pretending

    informal, the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"[syn: pretense ]

  • Pretense

    pretending or feigning; make-believe, a false show of something, a piece of make-believe., the act of pretending or alleging falsely., a false allegation...

  • Pretension

    the laying of a claim to something., a claim or title to something., often, pretensions. a claim made, esp. indirectly or by implication, to some quality,...

  • Pretentious

    full of pretense or pretension., characterized by assumption of dignity or importance., making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious., adjective, adjective,...

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  • Pretermission

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  • Pretermit

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