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▸ noun: (uncountable) Affectation or ostentation of manner.
▸ noun: Intention or purpose not real but professed.
▸ noun: An unsupported claim made or implied.
▸ noun: An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Intention; design.
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pretence,
make-believe,
pretending,
feigning,
pretension,
dissembling,
simulation,
pretendence,
false pretence,
play-acting,
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