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Pretence

Definition of Pretence

  • 1. A false or unsupportable quality Noun
  • 2. An artful or simulated semblance Noun
  • 3. Pretending with intention to deceive Noun
  • 4. Imaginative intellectual play Noun
  • 5. The act of giving a false appearance Noun

Synonyms for word "pretence"

  • feigning
  • pretending
  • pretense
  • simulation
  • guise
  • pretense
  • pretext
  • pretense
  • pretension
  • make-believe
  • pretense
  • dissembling
  • feigning
  • pretense

Semanticaly linked words with "pretence"

  • artificiality
  • color
  • colour
  • gloss
  • semblance
  • deceit
  • deception
  • misrepresentation
  • bluff
  • pretext
  • stalking-horse
  • hypocrisy
  • lip service
  • imagery
  • imagination
  • imaging
  • mental imagery
  • deceit
  • deception
  • dissembling
  • dissimulation
  • appearance
  • show
  • make-believe
  • pretend
  • affectation
  • affectedness
  • mannerism
  • pose
  • charade
  • masquerade

Hyponims for word "pretence"

  • artificiality
  • color
  • colour
  • gloss
  • semblance
  • deceit
  • deception
  • misrepresentation
  • imagery
  • imagination
  • imaging
  • mental imagery
  • deceit
  • deception
  • dissembling
  • dissimulation
Words Rhyme with pretence
  • advertence
  • appetence
  • coexistence
  • competence
  • consistence
  • existence
  • immunocompetence
  • impenitence
  • impotence
  • inadvertence
  • incompetence
  • insistence
  • intermittence
  • nonexistence
  • omnipotence
  • penitence
Etymology for pretence
  • etymological origin of pretensse [French]
  • is derived from pretences
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