Thesaurus: pretence

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1. a. Alt. of Pretenceless
2. n. The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.
3. n. The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death.
4. n. That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.
5. n. Intention; design.
6. n. a false or unsupportable quality
7. n. an artful or simulated semblance
8. n. pretending with intention to deceive
9. n. imaginative intellectual play
10. n. the act of giving a false appearance
11. n:100 n a false or unsupportable quality n an artful or simulated semblance n pretending with intention to deceive n imaginative intellectual play n the act of giving a false appearance