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PRETENSE

Definition:

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