Definition of 'pretense'

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

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

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

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

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

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