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118 entries under pretense topic. ×
| masquerade(noun, cover, cause, fake, trick) | |
| pretext(noun, cover, show, cause, reason) | |
| stance(noun, performance, show, fake, attitude) | |
| attitude(noun, performance, show, fake, sham) | |
| bluff(noun, cause, con, excuse) | |
| conceit(noun, show, passion, fashion, fantasy) | |
| falseness(noun, duplicity, pretension, insincerity) | |
| feint(noun, cause, con, excuse) | |
| fraud(noun, display, deception, lie) | |
| grandiosity(noun, show, fake, display, exaggeration) | |
| guise(noun, cover, cause, fake, trick) | |
| imposture(noun, display, deception, lie, fraud) | |
| attitudinizing(noun, fake, sham, mannerism) | |
| cant(noun, display, deception, lie, fraud) | |
| color(cause, con, excuse, ploy) | |
| deception(noun, trick, display, lie, sham) | |
| pomposity(noun, show, fake, display, flash) | |
| pompousness(noun, show, fake, display) | |
| posture(noun, performance, cover, show, fake) | |
| posturing(noun, fake, trick, sham, con) |
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