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323 entries under noun topic. ×
| imposture(trick, fraud) | |
| make-believe(cover, fake, trick, counterfeit) | |
| mannerism(show, fake, trait, sham) | |
| masquerade(cover, fake, copy, counterfeit) | |
| ostentatiousness(act, show, display, exhibit) | |
| prerogative(power, right, interest, case) | |
| showiness(show, fake, display, pretense) | |
| superciliousness(show, scorn, disdain, nerve) | |
| affectedness(show, exaggeration, arrogance, front) | |
| affirmation(interest, case, call, property) | |
| air(show, fake, trait, sham) | |
| ambitiousness(pretense, affectation, assertion, pretentiousness) | |
| appearance(show, sham, exaggeration, artifice) | |
| assumption(disdain, conceit, pretense, arrogance) | |
| birthright(interest, case, call, property) | |
| bluff(trick, daring, boldness, maneuver) | |
| bombast(show, talk, claim, ornament) | |
| braggadocio(show, scorn, claim, flash) | |
| dissembling | |
| due(power, right, interest, case) |
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