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72 entries under pretense topic. ×
| pose(noun, show, position, fake, trait) | |
| self-importance(noun, scorn, disdain, nerve, pride) | |
| snobbery(noun, disdain, pride, conceit) | |
| ambition(noun, drive, determination, success, motivation) | |
| aspiration(noun, drive, love, passion, desire) | |
| feint | |
| make-believe(noun, cover, fake, trick, counterfeit) | |
| mannerism(noun, show, fake, trait, sham) | |
| masquerade(noun, cover, fake, copy, counterfeit) | |
| showiness(noun, show, fake, display) | |
| air(noun, show, fake, trait, sham) | |
| ambitiousness(noun, affectation, assertion, pretentiousness) | |
| assumption(noun, disdain, conceit, arrogance) | |
| egotism(noun, scorn, disdain, nerve, pride) | |
| facade(noun, cover, show, fake, counterfeit) | |
| maintenance(noun, affectation, assertion, pretentiousness) | |
| pageant(noun, act, cover, show, display) | |
| simulation(show, sham, exaggeration, artifice) | |
| big talk(noun, expression, show, fake) | |
| false front(noun, expression, cover, show, counterfeit) |
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