Pretence vs. Pretense
Pretencenoun
(British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.
Pretencenoun
(obsolete) Intention; design.
Pretencenoun
See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless.
Pretencenoun
a false or unsupportable quality
Pretencenoun
an artful or simulated semblance;
Pretencenoun
pretending with intention to deceive
Pretencenoun
imaginative intellectual play
Pretencenoun
the act of giving a false appearance;
Pretencenoun
an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true
Pretencenoun
a false display of feelings, attitudes, or intentions
Pretencenoun
the practice of inventing imaginary situations in play
Pretencenoun
affected and ostentatious speech and behaviour
Pretencenoun
a claim to have a particular skill or quality
Pretensenoun
(US) A false or hypocritical profession
Pretensenoun
Intention or purpose not real but professed.
Pretensenoun
An unsupported claim made or implied.
Pretensenoun
An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.
Pretensenoun
The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.
Pretensenoun
The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Cæsar's death.
Pretensenoun
That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.
Pretensenoun
Intention; design.
Pretensenoun
the act of giving a false appearance;
Pretensenoun
pretending with intention to deceive
Pretensenoun
imaginative intellectual play
Pretensenoun
a false or unsupportable quality
Pretensenoun
an artful or simulated semblance;
