Pretense Common

Origin: Latin prefix pre-

Pretense has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions

Noun

the act of giving a false appearance

"his conformity was only pretending"

pretense pretence pretending simulation feigning

pretending with intention to deceive

pretense pretence feigning dissembling

imaginative intellectual play

pretense pretence make-believe

a false or unsupportable quality

pretension pretense pretence

an artful or simulated semblance

"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

guise pretense pretence pretext

A false or hypocritical profession

See Also

pretend pretentious charade pretext entitledness feigned pretention chinese compliment

Related Terms

pretend pretentious charade pretext entitledness feigned pretention chinese compliment mutual admiration society put on point blank pretextual paternalize pretenseless vizard pretender pretension pretenses mitching unaffected

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

deception misrepresentation imagination artificiality semblance

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

appearance make-believe affectation masquerade bluff pretext hypocrisy

Rhyming Words

anse tense lense pense mense dense cense wanse minse rinse banse hanse manse danse chinse odense flense amanse intense alfonse

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