Main entry: simulation, pretence, pretending, pretense, feigning
Definition: the act of giving a false appearance
Usage: his conformity was only pretending
Main entry: guise, pretence, pretense, pretext
Definition: an artful or simulated semblance
Usage: under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
Main entry: pretence, pretense, pretension
Definition: a false or unsupportable quality
Main entry: make-believe, pretence, pretense
Definition: imaginative intellectual play
Main entry: feigning, dissembling, pretence, pretense
Definition: pretending with intention to deceive