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Pretense

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Noun

pretending or feigning; make-believe
My sleepiness was all pretense.
a false show of something
a pretense of friendship.
a piece of make-believe.
the act of pretending or alleging falsely.
a false allegation or justification
He excused himself from the lunch on a pretense of urgent business.
insincere or false profession
His pious words were mere pretense.
the putting forth of an unwarranted claim.
the claim itself.
any allegation or claim
to obtain money under false pretenses.
pretension (usually fol. by to )
destitute of any pretense to wit.
pretentiousness.

Antonyms

noun
honesty , openness , reality , truth

Synonyms

noun
act , acting , affectation , appearance , artifice , charade , claim , cloak , deceit , deception , display , dissimulation , double-dealing * , dumb act , evasion , excuse , fabrication , facade , fakery , faking , falsification , feigning , gag , guise , insincerity , invention , make-believe , mask , masquerade , misrepresentation , misstatement , ostentation , posing , posturing , pretentiousness , pretext , routine , ruse , schtick , semblance , sham * , shuffling , simulation , stall , stunt , subterfuge , trickery , veil , veneer , wile , disguise , dissemblance , sham , show , affectedness , air , mannerism , pose , pretension , color , coloring , cover , disguisement , face , false colors , front , gloss , window-dressing , title , assumption , brazenness , fake , false front , falsehood , feint , fiction , flam , fraud , guile , humbug , hypocrisy , imagined , occasion , smugness , trick

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