pretense English

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What does pretense mean?

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pretense Noun

— Pretense is the behaviour to make people believe what the pretender is doing.

pretense

— noun (= pretending) the act of giving a false appearance his conformity was only pretending

— noun pretending with intention to deceive

— noun imaginative intellectual play

— noun (= guise) an artful or simulated semblance under the guise of friendship he betrayed them

— noun (= pretension) a false or unsupportable quality

Synonyms pretense synonyms

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pretense English » English

pretence

pretext

excuse

affectation

make-believe

guise

feint

simulation

show

sham

feigning

dissimulation

pretension

semblance

reason

pretending

pose

mimicry

justification

dissembling

disguise

deceit

alibi

virtual image

vaunt

vainglory

strawman

straw man

stalking-horse

showing off

seeming

rhodomontade

quise

quackery

pomposity

plea

playing to the gallery

play

phony

pageant

ostentation

obsequiousness

motive

mockery

mime

masquerade

mask

make believe

insincerity

imposture

Topics pretense topics

What do people use pretense to talk about?

Social behavior Behavior Honest

Hypocrite

• What words refer to saying one thing but doing something else?
  be a hypocrite act hypocritically hypocrisy pretend pretense