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Pretense

Definition of Pretense

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

Synonyms for word "pretense"

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

Semanticaly linked words with "pretense"

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

Hyponims for word "pretense"

  • deceit
  • deception
  • dissembling
  • dissimulation
  • deceit
  • deception
  • misrepresentation
  • imagery
  • imagination
  • imaging
  • mental imagery
  • artificiality
  • color
  • colour
  • gloss
  • semblance

Lexical Analysis for "pretense"

  1. pretentious
    Adjective
    derivation
    1
    1. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
  2. pretend
    Verb
    derivation
    3
    1. make believe with the intent to deceive
    2. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
    3. make believe with the intent to deceive
Words Rhyme with pretense
  • intense
  • pretense
Etymology for pretense
  • etymology pretenseful
  • etymology pretenseless
  • etymologically related pretend
  • etymologically related pretender
  • etymologically related pretension
  • etymologically related pretentious
  • etymologically related pretentiousness
  • variant:orthography prætense
  • etymological origin of pretensse
  • is derived from pretenses
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