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Simulation

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

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Affectation 76% connected

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

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Appearance 76% connected

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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Charade 76% connected

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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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Globe 76% connected

A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.

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Make-believe 76% connected

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

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Mannerism 76% connected

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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Masquerade 76% connected

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

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Planetarium 76% connected

An orrery. See Orrery.

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Pose 76% connected

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

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Pretend 76% connected

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

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Restoration 76% connected

The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment; as, the restora…

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Roughcast 76% connected

To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.

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Show 76% connected

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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Deceit 76% connected

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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Deception 76% connected

The act of deceiving or misleading.

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Dissembling 76% connected

of Dissemble

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Dissimulation 76% connected

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

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Framework 76% connected

The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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Model 76% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Modeling 76% connected

of Model

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Modelling 76% connected

of Model

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Technique 76% connected

Same as Technic, n.

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Affect 74% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Affect 74% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Synonym 5

Feigning 92% connected

of Feign

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Model 92% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Pretence 92% connected

Alt. of Pretenceless

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Pretending 92% connected

of Pretend

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Pretense 92% connected

Alt. of Pretence

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