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单词

pretense

释义

Noun: pretense 'pree`tens
Usage: N. Amer (=pretence)

The act of giving a false appearance
- pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretending, simulation, feigning
Pretending with intention to deceive
- pretence [Brit, Cdn], feigning, dissembling
Imaginative intellectual play
- pretence [Brit, Cdn], make-believe
A false or unsupportable quality
- pretension, pretence [Brit, Cdn]
An artful or simulated semblance
- guise, pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretext

Derived forms: pretenses

See also: pretend, pretentious

Type of: artificiality, color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, gloss, imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery, misrepresentation, semblance

Encyclopedia: Pretense

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