| NOUN | act | pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning | the act of giving a false / false / false appearance |
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| communication | pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling | pretending with intention to deceive / deceive | |
| cognition | pretense, pretence, make-believe | imaginative intellectual play | |
| attribute | pretense, pretension, pretence | a false / false or unsupportable quality | |
| attribute | pretense, guise, pretence, pretext | an artful or simulated semblance |
| Sounds | priyteh'ns | |
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| Rhymes | commence ... whence: 23 rhymes with ehns... | |
| Meaning | The act of giving a false / false / false appearance. | |
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| Synonyms | pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning | |
| Narrower | affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness | A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
| appearance, show | pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression | |
| make-believe, pretend | The enactment of a pretense | |
| masquerade, charade | making a false / false / false outward show | |
| Broader | deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation | The act of deceiving / deceiving |
| Spanish | fachada, fingimiento, simulación | |
| Catalan | fingiment, pretensió, simulació | |
| Verbs | pretend | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive |
| Meaning | pretending with intention to deceive / deceive. | |
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| Synonyms | pretence, feigning, dissembling | |
| Narrower | bluff | pretense that your position is stronger than it really is |
| hypocrisy, lip service | An expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction | |
| pretext, stalking-horse | Something serving to conceal plans | |
| Broader | misrepresentation, deceit, deception | A misleading falsehood |
| Spanish | apariencia, disimulo, fingimiento, pretensión | |
| Catalan | fingiment | |
| Adjectives | pretentious | making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
| Verbs | pretend | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive |
| Meaning | imaginative intellectual play. | |
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| Synonyms | pretence, make-believe | |
| Broader | imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery | The ability to form mental images of things or events |
| Meaning | A false / false or unsupportable quality. | |
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| Synonyms | pretension, pretence | |
| Broader | artificiality | The quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally |
| Spanish | pretensión | |
| Verbs | pretend | put forward a claim and assert right or possession of |
| Meaning | An artful or simulated semblance. | |
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| Synonyms | guise, pretence, pretext | |
| Broader | semblance, gloss, color, colour | An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading |
| Spanish | apariencia, guisa, pretensión, pretexto, semejanza | |
| Catalan | aparença, guisa, pretext | |
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