pretense

1. The act of giving a false appearance (synset 100756299)
   "his conformity was only pretending"
   is a type of: deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation - the act of deceiving
   subtypes:

   • appearance, show - pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
   • make-believe, pretend - the enactment of a pretense
   • affectation, affectedness, mannerism, pose - a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
   • charade, masquerade - making a false outward show
   same as: feigning, pretence, pretending, simulation
2. Pretending with intention to deceive (synset 106772060)
   is a type of: deceit, deception, misrepresentation - a misleading falsehood
   subtypes:

   • bluff - pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
   • pretext, stalking-horse - something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
   • hypocrisy, lip service - an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
   same as: dissembling, feigning, pretence
3. Imaginative intellectual play (synset 105777927)
   is a type of: imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery - the ability to form mental images of things or events
   same as: make-believe, pretence
4. A false or unsupportable quality (synset 104796081)
   is a type of: artificiality - the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally
   same as: pretence, pretension
5. An artful or simulated semblance (synset 104686265)
   "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
   is a type of: color, colour, gloss, semblance - an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
   same as: guise, pretence, pretext

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