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- Thesaurus|884
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66 entries under pretense topic. ×
| trick(noun, reason, deception, shift, escape) | |
| show(noun, appearance, cover, show, cause) | |
| front(noun, appearance, cover, show, cause) | |
| pretension(noun, trick, honest, maneuver) | |
| feint(noun, action, cause, reason, trick) | |
| sham(noun, fake, trick, deception, effect) | |
| affectation(noun, cover, show, cause, reason) | |
| pretend(trick, deception, fraud, hoax) | |
| fraud(noun, trick, deception, hoax) | |
| imposture(noun, trick, deception, fraud) | |
| ostentation(noun, trick, effect, face, sham) | |
| allegation(noun, action, cover, reason, claim) | |
| hoax(noun, trick, deception, sham, con) | |
| make-believe(noun, fake, trick, effect, face) | |
| posing(trick, sham, con, falsehood, cloak) | |
| whitewash(noun, verb, reason, trick, deception) | |
| cheat(trick, deception, lie, fraud, illusion) | |
| hypocrisy(deception, fraud, affectation, pretentiousness) | |
| jive(noun, reason, trick, deception, shift) | |
| posturing(trick, sham, con, falsehood, cloak) |
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