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pretence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dissembling, feigning, pretense |
| Type of | deception, misrepresentation, deceit |
| Has types | stalking-horse, bluff, hypocrisy, lip service, pretext |
pretence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pretense, pretension |
| Type of | artificiality |
pretence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | feigning, pretending, pretense, simulation |
| Type of | deception, deceit, dissimulation, dissembling |
| Has types | mannerism, masquerade, charade, appearance, pose, pretend, affectation, affectedness, show, make-believe |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | make-believe, pretense |
| Type of | imagination, mental imagery, imaging, imagery |
Examples of pretence
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Circles, though, makes no pretence at knowing how you want to categorise people.
From the guardian.co.uk
Thursday's planning committee meeting at Kingswood was a preposterous pretence.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
And Euro-officials could welcome Greece under the pretence the numbers were ok.
From the guardian.co.uk
The pretence will be maintained that one day Greece will repay every euro it owes.
From the guardian.co.uk
I promise that you won't see any rhetoric, distortion, or pretence in this letter.
From the theepochtimes.com
Like birth, it's a time when everything is just as it is, no dressing in pretence.
From the nzherald.co.nz
But this year China has in effect dropped any pretence that it has a serious role.
From the economist.com
So much for the US dishonest pretence of support for the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
From the economist.com
Everybody understands the harmless pretence that this year will be different.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Pretension: a false or unsupportable quality
- Guise: an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
- Pretense: pretending with intention to deceive
- Pretense: imaginative intellectual play
- Pretense: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
