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English to English noun
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a false or unsupportable quality |  | source: wordnet30
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an artful or simulated semblance | | Example: under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
source: wordnet30
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pretending with intention to deceive | | source: wordnet30
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imaginative intellectual play | | source: wordnet30
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the act of giving a false appearance | | Example: his conformity was only pretending
source: wordnet30
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See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless. | | source: webster1913
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