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- Abbreviations|0
118 entries under pretense topic. ×
| cockiness | |
| cop-out(cause, con, excuse, ploy) | |
| cover story(expression, cause, con, excuse) | |
| deceitfulness(noun, deception, fraud, duplicity) | |
| declaration | |
| demand | |
| false claim(expression, pretentiousness) | |
| immodesty | |
| maintenance | |
| ploy(cause, con, excuse, guise) | |
| positure(noun, fake, sham, mannerism) | |
| profession(noun, effect, face, pretentiousness) | |
| red herring(expression, cause, con, excuse) | |
| role(noun, fake, sham, mannerism) | |
| stand(noun, fake, sham, mannerism) | |
| stratagem(cause, con, excuse, ploy) | |
| title | |
| vaingloriousness |
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