Pretense
nounid
104757·updated May 18, 2026verified
the act of giving a false appearance
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- dissemblingfeigningguisemake-believepretencepretendingpretensionpretextsimulation
- plural
- Pretenses
- possessive
- Pretense's
- pluralpossessive
- Pretenses'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the act of giving a false appearance
- §2
- an artful or simulated semblance
- §3
- a false or unsupportable quality
- §4
- imaginative intellectual play
- §5
- pretending with intention to deceive
Outgoing relationships
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Incoming relationships
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