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He excused himself from the lunch on a pretense of urgent business. 6. insincere or false profession: His pious words were mere pretense. 7. the putting forth of�...
7. pretension (usu. fol. by to): no pretense to wit. 8. pretentiousness. [1375�1425; late Middle English < Anglo
French < Medieval Latin *praet?nsa, n. use of�...
2[uncountable, countable, usually singular] (formal or literary) a claim that you have a particular quality or skill pretense (to something) a woman with some�...
Bullshit copyright complaint is the perfect pretense to censor CT library art. By Cory Doctorow at 10:18 am Thu, Mar 5, 2015�...

Under the pretense of being a college student, you might sneak into a library restricted to enrolled students. That's dishonest and deceitful. But pretense isn't�...
He excused himself from the lunch on a pretense of urgent business. 6. insincere or false profession: His pious words were mere pretense. 7. the putting forth of�...
a. A false appearance or action intended to deceive: "He ran the back of his hand up her cheek, with the pretense of wiping away sweat" (Jonathan Safran Foer).
false show : simulation pretense of indifference>. See pretense defined for English
language learners. See pretense defined for kids�...