Pretense - Definition
pretense
n 1: the act of giving 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]