pretense

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (countable, uncountable) The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.
2. (uncountable) Affectation or ostentation of manner.
3. (countable, uncountable) Intention or purpose not real but professed.
4. (countable, uncountable) An unsupported claim made or implied.
5. (countable, uncountable) An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Intention; design.

Konzepte

Vorwand

Bezeichnung

Imitation

Nachahmung

Name

Schein

Titel

Vergoldung

Vortäuschung

Aussehen

Äußeres

virtuelles Bild

klare Brühe

Dashi

Nachäffung

Plattierung

Ausschmückung mit Lügen

Anschein

Verwandlungskunst

Synonyme

pretence

pretext

excuse

feint

affectation

guise

make-believe

pretence

sham

show

simulation

dissimulation

feigning

pretension

deceit

disguise

pretending

mimicry

act

pose

appearances

reason

alibi

semblance

dissembling

justification

flattery

front man

game

gasconade

gloss

humbug

hypocrisy

imitation

impersonation

imposture

insincerity

make believe

mask

😷

masquerade

mime

motive

obsequiousness

ostentation

pageant

phony

play

plea

pomposity

quackery

Übersetzungen

prétention

pretensión

pretexto

pretexto

prétexte

bahane

fingiment

aparência

apariencia

pretext

pretesto

finzione

προσποίηση

تظاهُر

simulatio

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈpɹiːtɛns/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from Middle French pretensse, from Late Latin praetēnsus, past participle of Latin praetendō (“to pretend”), from prae- (“before”) + tendō (“to stretch”); see pretend.