pretense

Anlam (İngilizce)

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.

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Eş anlamlılar

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

Çeviriler

prétention

pretensión

pretexto

prétexte

Vorwand

pretexto

apariencia

aparência

simulatio

pretext

pretesto

προσποίηση

fingiment

تظاهُر

finzione

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/ˈpɹiːtɛns/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

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