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noun (n)

• a false or unsupportable quality(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  pretense, pretension
  

  source: wordnet30
• an artful or simulated semblance(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  guise, pretense, pretext
  

  source: wordnet30
• pretending with intention to deceive(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  dissembling, feigning, pretense
  

  source: wordnet30
• imaginative intellectual play(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  make-believe, pretense
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of giving a false appearance(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  feigning, pretending, pretense, simulation
  

  source: wordnet30
• See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless.(noun)

  source: webster1913