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pretense

n.

The act of pretending
affectation, misrepresentation, falsification, act, deceit, fabrication, trickery, double-dealing, misstatement, shuffling, falsifying, simulation, excuse, insincerity, profession, ostentation, assumption, dissembling, dissimulation, evasion, equivocation, prevarication, egotism, brazenness, arrogance, dandyism, foppery, servility, toadyism, obsequiousness, sycophancy, cringing, truckling, timeserving, complacency, smugness, priggishness, prudishness, coyness, formality, stiffness, blind*, smoke screen*; see also dishonesty, imitation 1.
Antonyms honesty*, candor, sincerity.
Something pretended
gloss, falsehood, lie, falseness, affectedness, affectation, mask, cloak, show, excuse, subterfuge, pretext, fraud, appearance, seeming, semblance, wile, ruse, sham, airs, claim, mannerism; see also deception 1, imitation 2, trick 1.

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Another word for pretense

noun

The presentation of something false as true:
charade, make-believe. See honest, true
A display of insincere behavior:
act, acting, disguise, dissemblance, masquerade, sham, show, simulation. See honest, true
Artificial behavior adopted to impress others:
affectation, affectedness, air (used in plural), mannerism, pose. See honest, true
A professed rather than a real reason:
pretension, pretext. See honest
A deceptive outward appearance:
cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, faÃ§ade, face, false colors, front, gloss, guise, mask, masquerade, pretext, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing. (Slang) put-on. See show
A legitimate or supposed right to demand something as one's rightful due:
claim, pretension, title. (Slang) dibs. See owned, request

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The committee abandoned any pretense that it was serious about the reform of our public services.
She traces the many performances in theater and film as well as the popularity through the end of the 20th century, concluding that "The pretense ... is unnecessary-its raison d'être is the pleasure of the dance."
These predators often make contact with kids through chat rooms and/or e-mail and often under the pretense of being kids themselves.
Poyet - This book includes all the basic information about wine "minus the pretense" and "absent the arrogance".
Veiled in the pretense of fashion, some people cover their eye area with sunglasses to disguise the evidence of drug use, an all-nighter or crying.

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