English to English noun
1 |
the act of giving a false appearance |  | Example: his conformity was only pretending
source: wordnet30
2 |
pretending with intention to deceive |  | source: wordnet30
3 |
imaginative intellectual play |  | source: wordnet30
4 |
a false or unsupportable quality |  | source: wordnet30
5 |
an artful or simulated semblance |  | Example: under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
source: wordnet30
6 |
The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension. |  | source: webster1913
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