#1 pretence n. [pretension, pretense] a false or unsupportable quality. wn
#2 pretence n. [guise, pretense, pretext] an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them". wn
#3 pretence n. [pretense, feigning, dissembling] pretending with intention to deceive. wn
#4 pretence n. [pretense, make-believe] imaginative intellectual play. wn
#5 pretence n. [pretense, pretending, simulation, feigning] the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending". wn
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