pretence definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a false or unsupportable quality [syn: pretension, pretense, pretence] 2: an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" [syn: guise, pretense, pretence, pretext] 3: pretending with intention to deceive [syn: pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling] 4: imaginative intellectual play [syn: pretense, pretence, make-believe] 5: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" [syn: pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning] Merriam Webster's noun see pretense ...
... a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" [syn: pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning] 2: pretending with intention to deceive [syn: pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling] 3: imaginative intellectual play [syn: pretense, pretence, make-believe] 4: a false or unsupportable quality [syn: pretension, pretense, pretence] 5: an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" [syn: guise, pretense, pretence, pretext] Merriam Webster's or pretence noun Etymology: Middle English, probably modification of Medieval Latin ...
... which is hypocrisy. Luke 12. 2. Simulation; deceitful appearance; false pretence. Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy. WordNet (r) 3 ... to which one's own behaviour does not conform; dissimulation, pretence. 2 an instance of this. Etymology: ME f. OF ypocrisie ... eccl.L hypocrisis f. Gk hupokrisis acting of a part, pretence (as HYPO-, krino decide, judge) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hypocrisy ... sanctimoniousness, cant, pietism, assumed piety. 2. Dissimulation, deceit, deception, imposture, pretence, false profession. Moby Thesaurus Pecksniffery, Pharisaism, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affectedness ...
... sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player] v 1: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with ... to be. b simulate (is shamming sleep). --n. 1 imposture, pretence. 2 a person or thing pretending or pretended to be ... of English Synonyms I. v. a. 1. Feign, pretend, make pretence of, imitate, ape. 2. Trick, cheat, delude, dupe. 3. Impose ... pretend. III. n. Imposture, imposition, trick, fraud, feint, delusion, humbug, pretence, clap-trap. IV. a. Pretended, false, assumed, counterfeit, mock, spurious ...
... a programme. b the performer(s) of this. 4 a pretence; behaviour intended to deceive or impress (it was all an ... for profit). put on an act colloq. carry out a pretence. Derivatives: actable adj. (in sense 5 of v.). actability n ... feelings. His anger was real. It wasn't an act. = pretence N-SING 11. An Act is a law passed by ...
... make-believe, pretend] n 1: imaginative intellectual play [syn: pretense, pretence, make-believe] 2: the enactment of a pretense; "it was ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. Sham, feint, pretence, pretext, counterfeit. II. a. Unreal, sham, pretended, counterfeited, mock, clap ...
... mould from the face (death-mask). 4 a disguise or pretence (throw off the mask). 5 a hollow model of a ... Cloak, screen, blind, disguise, veil. 3. Subterfuge, evasion, trick, shift, pretence, pretext, plea, ruse. 4. Masquerade. 5. Revel, piece of mummery ...
... to divert attention or fool an opponent or enemy. 2 pretence. --v.intr. make a feint. Etymology: F feinte, fem. past ... adv, V Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Pretence, blind, make-believe, false appearance. 2. ( Mil. ) Mock attack, pretended ...
... 2005) n 1: pretending with intention to deceive [syn: pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling] 2: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" [syn: pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Feign Feign, v ...
... headache" [syn: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble] 2: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with ... tr. archaic invent (an excuse etc.). 3 intr. indulge in pretence. Etymology: ME f. feign- stem of OF feindre f. L ...
... the guise of friendship he betrayed them" [syn: guise, pretense, pretence, pretext] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English gise, guise ... 1675. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 an assumed appearance; a pretence (in the guise of; under the guise of). 2 external ...