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pretence

noun

1.

a false or unsupportable quality

pretense pretension

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2.

an artful or simulated semblance

guise pretense pretext

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3.

pretending with intention to deceive

dissembling feigning pretense

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4.

imaginative intellectual play

makebelief make-believe pretense

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5.

the act of giving a false appearance

faking lichetting show-play feigning pretending pretense simulation

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