pretense

n. feigning, pretending; impersonation; false show, false appearance; claim, assertion

v. pretend, feign; impersonate; put on a false show, create a false appearance; claim wrongly, make a false assertion

Pretense, also spelt pretence, may refer to: DeceptionCamouflagePretexting or pretextFalse pretenses, in criminal law"Pretense (Stargate SG-1)", an episode of the television series Stargate SG-1
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Noun
1. the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
(synonym) pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
(hypernym) deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
(hyponym) appearance, show
(derivation) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
2. pretending with intention to deceive
(synonym) pretence, feigning, dissembling
(hypernym) misrepresentation, deceit, deception
(hyponym) bluff
(derivation) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
3. imaginative intellectual play
(synonym) pretence, make-believe
(hypernym) imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery
4. a false or unsupportable quality
(synonym) pretension, pretence
(hypernym) artificiality
(derivation) pretend
5. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
(synonym) guise, pretence, pretext
(hypernym) semblance, gloss, color, colour

v. prestress

(n.)
Alt. of Pretence