Pretense
['pritɛns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of giving a false appearance; 'his conformity was only pretending'.
(noun.) imaginative intellectual play.
(noun.) pretending with intention to deceive.
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Definition
(n.) Alt. of Pretence
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Definition
Same as Pretence.
Typist: Meg
Examples
- No one was deceived by his pretense of professional activity. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Editor: Susanna