Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pretense | Yes | No | No | No |
pretend | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
pretense (noun) | pretend (noun) |
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the act of giving a false appearance | the enactment of a pretense |
a false or unsupportable quality | |
an artful or simulated semblance | |
imaginative intellectual play | |
pretending with intention to deceive |
pretense (adjective) | pretend (adjective) |
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imagined as in a play |
pretense (verb) | pretend (verb) |
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make believe with the intent to deceive | |
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like | |
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | |
state insincerely | |
behave unnaturally or affectedly | |
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of |