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pretence
1: a claim made or implied; especially : one not supported by fact2 a: mere ostentation : pretentiousness <confuse dignity with pomposity and pretense — Bennett Cerf> b: a pretentious act or assertion3: an inadequate or insincere attempt to attain a certain condition or quality4: professed rather than real intention or purpose : pretext <was there under false pretenses>5: make-believe, fiction6: false show : simulation <saw through his pretense of indifference>
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