2
insincerity(noun, show, trick, sham, dishonesty)
2
make-believe(noun, cover, trick, counterfeit, face)
2
mannerism(show, sham, exaggeration, front, pretension)
2
nerve(noun, scorn, disdain, pride, conceit)
2
parade(noun, act, show, display, flash)
2
pomp(noun, act, show, display, flash)
2
posing(noun, trick, sham, con, cloak)
2
presumptuousness
2
pretext(noun, trick, sham, con, falsehood)
2
self-love(noun, scorn, disdain, nerve, pride)
2
shine(noun, act, show, display, flash)
2
showiness(show, waste, fake, display, nonsense)
2
smugness(noun, scorn, disdain, nerve, pride)
2
snobbishness(noun, scorn, pretense, arrogance, affectation)
2
splurge(noun, act, show, display, flash)
2
superiority(noun, scorn, disdain, nerve, conceit)
2
vainglory(noun, show, fake, flash, disdain)
1
act(noun, show, trick, display, sham)
1
acting(trick, sham, con, falsehood, cloak)
1
adornment(waste, nonsense, ostentation, showiness, flamboyance)
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