Pretense: alternatives and connections

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

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Affectation.

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The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.

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A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be…

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The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's r…

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A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention.

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Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.

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An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

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Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.

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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.

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The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.

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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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See Color.

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An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe wha…

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The act of deceiving or misleading.

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of Dissemble

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The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

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Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

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The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.

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The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental i…

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of Image

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Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person'…

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Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

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To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention.

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A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention.

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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

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That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

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of Dissemble

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of Feign

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Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own g…

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A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention.

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Alt. of Pretenceless

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of Pretend

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The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.

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Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.

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The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what…

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