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noun
British standard spelling of pretense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of giving a false appearance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: pretense, pretending, simulation, feigning
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
Narrower terms: appearance, show, make-believe, pretend, affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness, masquerade
noun
an artful or simulated semblance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: guise, pretense, pretext
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: semblance, gloss, color, colour
noun
a false or unsupportable quality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pretension, pretense
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artificiality
noun
imaginative intellectual play
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pretense, make-believe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery
noun
pretending with intention to deceive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pretense, feigning, dissembling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misrepresentation, deceit, deception
Narrower terms: bluff, pretext, stalking-horse, hypocrisy, lip service
History
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