Meaning of PRETENCE
| Pronunciation: | | pri'tens
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- [n] the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
- [n] an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
- [n] a false or unsupportable quality
- [n] imaginative intellectual play
- [n] pretending with intention to deceive
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| | Synonyms: | | dissembling, feigning, feigning, guise, make-believe, pretending, pretense, pretense, pretense, pretense, pretension, pretext, simulation |
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| | See Also: | | affectation, appearance, artificiality, bluff, color, colour, deceit, deceit, deception, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, hypocrisy, imagery, imagination, imaging, lip service, make-believe, mannerism, masquerade, mental imagery, misrepresentation, pose, pretext, semblance, show, stalking-horse | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre*tence"\, n., Pretenceful \Pre*tence"ful\, a.,
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