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pretence pretence definition

pretence


 
  Grep  of  noun  pretence 
  false  pretence 
  pretence 
 
  Overview  of  noun  pretence 
 
  The  noun  pretence  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  pretension,  pretense,  pretence  --  (a  false  or  unsupportable  quality) 
  2.  (1)  guise,  pretense,  pretence,  pretext  --  (an  artful  or  simulated  semblance;  "under  the  guise  of  friendship  he  betrayed  them") 
  3.  pretense,  pretence,  feigning,  dissembling  --  (pretending  with  intention  to  deceive) 
  4.  pretense,  pretence,  make-believe  --  (imaginative  intellectual  play) 
  5.  pretense,  pretence,  pretending,  simulation,  feigning  --  (the  act  of  giving  a  false  appearance;  "his  conformity  was  only  pretending") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  pretence 
 
  The  noun  pretence  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  pretension,  pretense,  pretence  --  (a  false  or  unsupportable  quality) 
  2.  (1)  guise,  pretense,  pretence,  pretext  --  (an  artful  or  simulated  semblance;  "under  the  guise  of  friendship  he  betrayed  them") 
  3.  pretense,  pretence,  feigning,  dissembling  --  (pretending  with  intention  to  deceive) 
  4.  pretense,  pretence,  make-believe  --  (imaginative  intellectual  play) 
  5.  pretense,  pretence,  pretending,  simulation,  feigning  --  (the  act  of  giving  a  false  appearance;  "his  conformity  was  only  pretending") 



pretence definition