Definition of pretense
English to English noun - the act of giving a false appearance
His conformity was only pretending.
source: WordNet 3.0 - pretending with intention to deceive
source: WordNet 3.0 - imaginative intellectual play
source: WordNet 3.0 - a false or unsupportable quality
source: WordNet 3.0 - an artful or simulated semblance
Under the guise of friendship he betrayed them.
source: WordNet 3.0 - The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.
source: Webster 1913
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