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Words related to pretence

Related / Similar Words: pretense, pretending, simulation, feigning, guise, pretext, pretension, make-believe, dissembling

Definition:

the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending";

an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them";

a false or unsupportable quality;

imaginative intellectual play;

pretending with intention to deceive;

Hyponyms: appearance, show, make-believe, pretend, affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness, masquerade, bluff, pretext, stalking-horse, hypocrisy, lip service

Derivational Morphology: simulate, assume, sham, feign, pretend, affect, dissemble

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