Pretensioning
Synonyms for "pretensioning" (193 found)
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delusiondemanddevicedisguisedisplaydissemblancedissemblingdissimulationdivine rightdroitdueexcusefacadefacefacultyfakeryfakingfalse airfalse frontfalse show
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falsityfeigned belieffeigningfeintflashinessflatulenceflatulencyfour-flushingfraudfrontfulsomenessgarishnessgaudinessgiltglossgrandiloquencegrandiosenessgrandiosityguisehandlehigh-flown dictionhumbughumbuggeryhypocrisyimageimpostureinalienable rightinflatednessinflationinsincerityinterestlame excuselexiphanicismlocus standiloftinesslofty affectationsluridness
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magniloquencemake believemake-believemannerismmaskmasquerademere rhetoricmere showmeretriciousnessnatural rightorotundityostensible motiveostentostentationostentatious complexityostentatiousnessoutward showpageantplatitudinous ponderosityplayacting
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polysyllabic profunditypompositypompous prolixitypompousnesspontificationpoor excuseposeposingposturepowerprerogativeprescriptionpresumptive rightpretendingpretensepretensionspretextproper claimproperty rightprose run madprotestationprunes and prismspublic imagepublic motiveput offput onput-offput-onputting on airsrefugerepresentationrhetoricrhetoricalnessrightscreenseemingsemblancesensationalismsententiousnessshamshowshowinesssidesimulacrumsimulationsmoke screensnobberyspeciousnessstalking horsestalking-horsestiltednessstratagemstylishnesssubterfugeswelling utteranceswollen phraseswollennesstall talktitletortuositytortuousnesstricktumiditytumidnessturgescenceturgidityunnaturalnessvarnishveilvested interestvested rightwindow dressing
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