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English noun: feigning | |||
| 1. | feigning (communication) pretending with intention to deceive | ||
| Synonyms | dissembling, pretence, pretense | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deceit, deception, misrepresentation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bluff, hypocrisy, lip service, pretext, stalking-horse | ||
| 2. | feigning (act) the act of giving a false appearance | ||
| Samples | His conformity was only pretending. | ||
| Synonyms | pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | affectation, affectedness, appearance, make-believe, mannerism, masquerade, pose, pretend, show | ||
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