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