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PRETENCE

Definition:

[noun] a false or unsupportable quality
Synonyms: pretension, pretense
[noun] an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
Synonyms: guise, pretense, pretext
[noun] pretending with intention to deceive
Synonyms: pretense, feigning, dissembling
[noun] imaginative intellectual play
Synonyms: pretense, make-believe
[noun] the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
Synonyms: pretense, pretending, simulation, feigning