pretense
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(noun) the act of pretending |
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Synonyms: feigning, pretence, pretending, simulation |
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Related Words: affectation, appearance, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, make-believe, mannerism, masquerade, pose, show |
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(noun) an imaginative pretence |
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Synonyms: make-believe |
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Related Words: imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery |
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(noun) pretending with intention to deceive |
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Synonyms: dissembling, feigning |
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Related Words: bluff, deceit, deception, hypocrisy, lip service, misrepresentation, pretext, stalking-horse |
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(noun) a false or unsupportable quality |
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Synonyms: pretence, pretension |
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Related Words: artificiality |
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