1. pretense - noun
· the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
Synonym(s): pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
Hypernym(s): deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
2. pretense - noun
· pretending with intention to deceive
Synonym(s): pretence, feigning, dissembling
Hypernym(s): misrepresentation, deceit, deception
3. pretense - noun
· imaginative intellectual play
Synonym(s): pretence, make-believe
Hypernym(s): imagination, imaging, imagery, mental_imagery
4. pretense - noun
· a false or unsupportable quality
Synonym(s): pretension, pretence
Hypernym(s): artificiality
5. pretense - noun
· an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
Synonym(s): guise, pretence, pretext
Hypernym(s): semblance, gloss, color, colour
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