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| pretentiousness(noun, cover, show, trick) | |
| put-on(noun, performance, appearance, cover, show) | |
| imitation(noun, show, catch, trap) | |
| mockery(noun, deception, con, fraud) | |
| trick(noun, catch, fake, deception, trap) | |
| airs(noun, show, exaggeration, front) | |
| display(noun, cover, show, trick, deception) | |
| faking(noun, cover, show, trick) | |
| falseness(noun, deception, lie, dishonesty) | |
| humbug(noun, show, trick, deception) | |
| mimicry(noun, imitation, joke, entertaining) | |
| parody(noun, imitation, joke, farce) | |
| posing(noun, cover, show, trick) | |
| travesty(noun, deception, fraud, imitation) | |
| untruth(noun, deception, lie, fraud) | |
| attitudinizing(noun, fake, mannerism) | |
| burlesque(noun, deception, fraud, imitation) | |
| caricature(noun, deception, fraud, imitation) | |
| dishonesty(noun, show, trick, deception, lie) | |
| double-dealing(noun, cover, show, trick, deception) |
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