PRETENCE

(noun) the act of giving a false appearance
"his conformity was only pretending"
synonyms : feigning , pretending , pretense , simulation
(noun) an artful or simulated semblance
"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
synonyms : guise , pretense , pretext
Susan’s forgetting her purse behind at the party provided John with the perfect pretext for visiting her. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) a false or unsupportable quality
synonyms : pretense , pretension
The old man cannot digest pretension of any kind. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) imaginative intellectual play
synonyms : make-believe , pretense
(noun) pretending with intention to deceive
synonyms : dissembling , feigning , pretense

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