Defenition of the word pretence
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Defenition of the word pretence
- an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
- the act of pretending
- a false or unsupportable quality
- the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
- imaginative intellectual play
- pretending with intention to deceive
- the act of giving a false appearance
- an artful or simulated semblance
Synonyms for the word pretence
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- feigning
- guise
- pretending
- pretense
- pretension
- pretext
- simulation
Hyponyms for the word pretence
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- affectation
- affectedness
- appearance
- bluff
- hypocrisy
- lip service
- make-believe
- mannerism
- masquerade
- pose
- pretend
- pretext
- show
- stalking-horse
Hypernyms for the word pretence
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- artificiality
- color
- colour
- deceit
- deception
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- gloss
- imagery
- imagination
- imaging
- mental imagery
- misrepresentation
- semblance
Idioms for the word pretence
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- by false pretences
- on false pretences
- under false pretences
- make a pretence
- make no pretence
- see through pretence
- under the pretence
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