pretense in English dictionary

  • pretense

    Meanings and definitions of "pretense"

    • (US) A false or hypocritical profession, as, under pretense of friendliness; sham, pretext, claim; an effort to give some appearance or mislead.
    • noun
      (US)
      A false or hypocritical profession, as, under pretense of friendliness.
    • noun
      Intention or purpose not real but professed.
    • noun
      An unsupported claim made or implied.
    • noun
      An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.
    • false or hypocritical profession
    • pretense (pretence)
    • (under the) pretext (of)
    • noun
      an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
    • noun
      a false or unsupportable quality
    • noun
      imaginative intellectual play
    • noun
      pretending with intention to deceive
    • noun
      the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

    Synonyms of "pretense" in English dictionary

    imaging, dissimulation, imagination are the top synonyms of "pretense" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of pretense

    • </dfn> inflection:
    • pretense ( plural  pretenses)
    • pretense (plural pretenses)
  • Pretense

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