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Pretension

Synonyms for "pretension" (192 found)

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General use (173)

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Noun(92 words)

device authority representation semblance appearance aspiration prescription simulacrum affectation subterfuge delusion deception pretense facade ostentation stratagem faculty falsity convolution mannerism

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Noun, verb(29 words)

interest gloss image mask demand display claim pose posture excuse fraud disguise veil cloak pageant refuge charade ambition pretext airs

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alibi playacting bluffing feigning faking dissembling attitudinizing ostent pretending

Name, noun, verb(2 words)

Verb(4 words)

put on cover up four-flushing putting on airs

Adj, adv, name, noun(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(6 words)

coloring seeming feint acting make believe cheating

Name, noun(1 words)

Adj, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun(3 words)

rhetoric prerogative make-believe

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ostentatious complexity platitudinous ponderosity polysyllabic profundity pompous prolixity prose run mad swelling utterance swollen phrase lofty affectations

Proper Noun(1 words)

Informal (19)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

color trick gilt posing

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Noun, verb, slang(3 words)

handle varnish masquerade

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Intj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

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