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a claim that is not real
pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning(noun)the act of giving a false appearance
"his conformity was only pretending"
pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling(noun)pretending with intention to deceive
pretense, pretence, make-believe(noun)imaginative intellectual play
pretension, pretense, pretence(noun)a false or unsupportable quality
guise, pretense, pretence, pretext(noun)an artful or simulated semblance
"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the caseshe seemed to be a very down-to-earth woman who was completely free of pretense
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceiveher display of bravado was just a pretense
an entitlement to somethingthis book on gardening makes no pretense at completeness
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claimsthe pretense of that woman in thinking that the other hotel guests should be inconvenienced just for her
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