Pretender
nounid
112914·updated May 18, 2026verified
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- fraudphony
- plural
- Pretenders
- possessive
- Pretender's
- pluralpossessive
- Pretenders'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler, usually without just title
- §2
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- §3
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- §1 · legacy_primary
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motivesDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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