Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pretension | Yes | No | No | No |
pretence | Yes | No | No | No |
pretension (noun) | pretence (noun) |
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a false or unsupportable quality | the act of giving a false appearance |
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | a false or unsupportable quality |
the advancing of a claim | an artful or simulated semblance |
imaginative intellectual play | |
pretending with intention to deceive |