n. | 1. | The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension. |
2. | 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; | |
3. | That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint. | |
4. | Intention; design. |
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2. | pretense - pretending with intention to deceive | |
3. | pretense - imaginative intellectual play Synonyms: make-believe, pretence | |
4. | pretense - a false or unsupportable quality Synonyms: pretence, pretension | |
5. | pretense - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" |