pretense
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Sense: The act of pretending
Synonyms:
misrepresentation, falsification, deceit Collocations, fabrication, trickery, falsifying, dissembling, prevarication, dishonesty
Antonyms:
honesty Collocations, candor, sincerity, frankness, openness Collocations, truthfulness, simplicity, uprightness, bluntness, accuracy Collocations, veracity, naturalism, earnestness, legitimacy, realism
Sense: Something pretended
Synonyms:
falsehood, lie Collocations, subterfuge, pretext, ruse, sham Collocations, trick Collocations, charade, guise, smoke screen
Antonyms:
truth Collocations, reality Collocations, revelation, certainty Collocations, the gospel truth, fact Collocations, devotion, fidelity, probity