What is the meaning of pretence?

A false or unsupportable quality.
- synonyms: pretension, pretense
An artful or simulated semblance.
- usage: "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
- synonyms: guise, pretense, pretext
Pretending with intention to deceive.
- synonyms: pretense, feigning, dissembling
Imaginative intellectual play.
- synonyms: pretense, make-believe
The act of giving a false appearance.
- usage: "his conformity was only pretending"
- synonyms: pretense, pretending, simulation, feigning

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