Definitions of pretence

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Definition of 'pretence'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pretension, pretense, pretence
a false or unsupportable quality

2. (noun) guise, pretense, pretence, pretext
an artful or simulated semblance
"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

3. (noun) pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling
pretending with intention to deceive

4. (noun) pretense, pretence, make-believe
imaginative intellectual play

5. (noun) pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
the act of giving a false appearance
"his conformity was only pretending"

Definition of 'pretence'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) pretence
pretense

Definition of 'pretence'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) pretence
alt. of Pretenceless

2. (noun) pretence
the act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension

3. (noun) pretence
the act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death

4. (noun) pretence
that which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint

5. (noun) pretence
intention; design

Translation of 'pretence'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (an) act of pretending Under the pretence of friendship, he persuaded her to get into his car.
Afrikaans: voorwendsel	Arabic: تَظاهُر، زَعْم، إدِّعاء	Bulgarian: претенция
Brazilian: fingimento	Czech: záminka	German: die Vortäuschung
Danish: foregivelse	Greek: προσποίηση, πρόσχημα, πρό	Spanish: pretexto
Estonian: ettekääne	Farsi: تظاهر	Finnish: teeskentely
French: prétexte	Hebrew: הַעֲמַדָת פָּנִים	Hindi: कपट, दावा, बहाना
Croatian: pod izlikom prijateljstva	Hungarian: megjátssza, hogy ...	Indonesian: kepura-puraan
Icelandic: uppgerð, látalæti	Italian: simulazione, pretesto	Japanese: 見せかけ
Korean: 속이기, 가장	Lithuanian: apsimetimas	Latvian: iztēlošanās; izlikšanās;
Malay: sifat suka berpura-pura	Dutch: voorwendsel	Norwegian: påskudd
Polish: pozór	Persian: تظاهر	Pashto: ښكارونه
Portuguese: fingimento	Russian: притворство, обман	Slovak: zámienka
Slovenian: pretveza	Serbian: izgovor	Swedish: förevändning, svepskäl, s
Thai: การแสร้งทำ	Turkish: sahte tavır, yapmacık, nu	Taiwanese: 假裝
Ukrainian: удавання; обман	Urdu: بہانہ	Vietnamese: sự giả vờ
Chinese: 假装
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