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English noun: pretence | |||
| 1. | pretence (attribute) a false or unsupportable quality | ||
| Synonyms | pretense, pretension | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | artificiality | ||
| 2. | pretence (attribute) an artful or simulated semblance | ||
| Samples | Under the guise of friendship he betrayed them. | ||
| Synonyms | guise, pretense, pretext | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color, colour, gloss, semblance | ||
| 3. | pretence (communication) pretending with intention to deceive | ||
| Synonyms | dissembling, feigning, pretense | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deceit, deception, misrepresentation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bluff, hypocrisy, lip service, pretext, stalking-horse | ||
| 4. | pretence (cognition) imaginative intellectual play | ||
| Synonyms | make-believe, pretense | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery | ||
| 5. | pretence (act) the act of giving a false appearance | ||
| Samples | His conformity was only pretending. | ||
| Synonyms | feigning, 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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