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pretense |
Grep of noun pretense false pretense pretense Overview of noun pretense The noun pretense has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning -- (the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending") 2. pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling -- (pretending with intention to deceive) 3. pretense, pretence, make-believe -- (imaginative intellectual play) 4. pretension, pretense, pretence -- (a false or unsupportable quality) 5. guise, pretense, pretence, pretext -- (an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them") Overview of noun pretense The noun pretense has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning -- (the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending") 2. pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling -- (pretending with intention to deceive) 3. pretense, pretence, make-believe -- (imaginative intellectual play) 4. pretension, pretense, pretence -- (a false or unsupportable quality) 5. guise, pretense, pretence, pretext -- (an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them")
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