pretended
/prɪˈtɛndɪd
/adjective
Not genuine; assumed: eating ice cream with pretended unconcern...
- All the holiness of their lives, I now saw, was merely pretended.
- At each execution of a traitor, or pretended such, anguish seizes the survivors.
- Even pretended disinterest can destroy thought, or pretended interest can give room for ideas to coalesce.