i., i̇ng., bak. pretense

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pretence
: An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext

That part of education that turned up in the latest phase of our argument, the cross-examination of the empty pretence of wisdom, is none other, we must declare, than the true-blooded kind of sophistry.

pre·tence pretences in AM, use pretense1. A pretence is an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true. Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better
That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint
Intention; design
an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
imaginative intellectual play
a false or unsupportable quality
{i} feigning, pretending; false show, false appearance; pretending, make-believe; claim, assertion
An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext
The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension
pretending with intention to deceive
If you do something under false pretences, you do it when people do not know the truth about you and your intentions. I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences
See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless
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 Cæsar's death
i., i̇ng., bak. pretense
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