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posture(noun, performance, appearance, cover, show)
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prerogative(noun, power, right, interest, case)
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pretensions(noun, ostentation, boasting)
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protestation(noun, interest, case, call, property)
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pseudo(noun, fake, copy, deception, counterfeit)
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putting on airs(expression, idiom, show, sham, exaggeration)
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reproduction(noun, fake, copy, counterfeit, fraud)
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resemblance(noun, appearance, impression, imitation, facade)
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right(noun, power, title, award, privilege)
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routine(noun, cover, show, cause, trick)
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screen(noun, cover, show, top, deception)
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seeming(noun, appearance, show, effect, face)
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self-importance(affectation, pretension, pretentiousness, swagger)
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shift(trick, deception, objection, complaint, misleading)
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simulacrum(noun, appearance, show, effect, face)
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smoke screen(noun, expression, cover, top, trick)
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speciousness(noun, deception, fraud, duplicity, falseness)
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spoof(noun, fake, copy, deception, counterfeit)
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stall(noun, cover, show, cause, trick)
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superciliousness(show, front)
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