The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.
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Masquerading
Synonyms for "masquerading" (30 found)
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15 entriesdeceptive appearancedisguise as strategyfalse frontfalse identityfeigned appearanceimpersonationimpersonation practicemasquerade ballmasquerade partymasquerading asmasquerading as an expertmasquerading as identitymasquerading attacksocial masqueradesocial masquerading
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Sami began masquerading as a physician.
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Sami was masquerading as a physician.
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"I resent the implication that I am a religious conservative," said the social Darwinist. "What I actually worship is reified tradition masquerading as 'science'."
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