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118 entries under pretense topic. ×
| quackery(noun, display, deception, lie, fraud) | |
| ruse(cause, trick, sham, con, excuse) | |
| sanctimoniousness(noun, display, deception, lie, fraud) | |
| self-importance(noun, show, fake, pride) | |
| showboat(noun, act, show, display, exhibit) | |
| showing off(noun, expression, show, flash, behavior) | |
| showoff(show, fake, display, arrogance) | |
| smugness(noun, show, pride, piety) | |
| snobbishness(noun, arrogance, pretentiousness, self-importance) | |
| splash(noun, act, show, display, exhibit) | |
| two-facedness(noun, display, deception, lie) | |
| unctuousness(noun, display, deception, lie, fraud) | |
| vainglory(show, fake, display, pride) | |
| allegation | |
| ambition | |
| ambitiousness | |
| artificial position(noun, expression, fake, sham) | |
| aspiration | |
| assumption | |
| bigheadedness(pride, pretension, self-importance, narcissism) |
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