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Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death..

Make-believe :: Make-believe (a.) Feigned; insincere.

Open :: Open (a.) Without reserve or false pretense; sincere; characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also, generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal appearance, or character, and to the expression of thought and feeling, etc..

Abram-man :: Abram-man (n.) One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms..

Fable :: Fable (v. t.) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely..

Artificial :: Artificial (a.) Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.

Feigning :: Feigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feig.

Figment :: Figment (n.) An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.

Feigning :: Feigning (a.) That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false.

Malingerer :: Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability..

Schesis :: Schesis (n.) A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him.

Sham :: Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight..

Malinger :: Malinger (v. i.) To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.

Simulator :: Simulator (n.) One who simulates, or feigns..

Dissemble :: Dissemble (v. t.) To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.

Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep..

Coyness :: Coyness (n.) The quality of being coy; feigned o/ bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.

Feint :: Feint (a.) That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.

Affect :: Affect (v. t.) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance..

Feign :: Feign (v. t.) To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness..

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