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Synonyms

Noun

1. pretension

2. pretense, artificiality, guise

3. pretense, pretext, semblance, gloss, color, colour, pretense

4. feigning, dissembling, misrepresentation, deceit, deception, pretense

5. make-believe, imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery, pretense

6. pretending, simulation, feigning, deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation

Usage
Limpopo councillor arrested on attempted bribery rearrested on false pretence - South African Government News Agency
EFCC Declares 61-Year-Old Ekiti Man Wanted Over Alleged Forgery, Fraud - Sahara Reporters
‘A Defence of Pretence’ by Indira Ghose review - History Today
Editorial: The time for pretence about Trump is over - Prospect Magazine
Pretence Talks New Single ‘Outcast,’ Authenticity, and Finding His Place in Bass Music - The Daily Frequency
Defenceless - Fraser Nelson's notebook
After two years of Gaza genocide, the West's moral pretence is shattered - Middle East Eye
Transcript: Sen. Tom Cotton on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Jan. 4, 2026 - CBS News
Hit the Decks! It's Australian Producer Pretence - musicconnection.com
AI shatters the pretence that academic polish was ever anything but gatekeeping - Wonkhe
Colm McCarthy: It is surely time to abolish DPER and stop the pretence - The Currency
REVIEW – ‘Anaconda’ understands its purpose and fulfils it without pretence - The Jam Report
Power Without Pretence: From Venezuela to Purulia, the Same Political Economy of Extraction - Countercurrents
Myanmar junta hopes to create pretence of democracy with sham poll - The Times
Westley, Elgar centuries end any pretence of a contest - Cricinfo
The Virgins review – a tornado of gossip, pretence and pain as teens make Friday night sex night - The Guardian
End of American Pretence: How Trump Shred International Law in Venezuela - The Quint
Cong leaders carry out ‘anti-democratic activities’ under pretence of upholding Constitution: Nadda - ThePrint
She blinded me with pretence - The Monthly
New York state’s The Bridge is a concours d’elegance without the pretence - magnetomagazine.com
Strongmen, Oil, and the Cost of Pretence - Modern Ghana
Alleged $1.5m investment fraud: EFCC charges IIHL boss with forgery, false pretence - Tribune Online
Chris Selley: Carney's realpolitik brings a bracing end to Liberal preening and pretence - National Post
Ogle contractor gets $200,000 bail on false pretence charge - Stabroek News
Surveyor, real estate agent among four charged with $15m false pretence - Stabroek News
The end of secular pretence - National Herald
Pranava Swaroop: Ugly Story is based on the pretence of niceness - Cinema Express
Will for Peace and the cost of strategic pretence - DefenceWeb - irr.org.za
America's pretence of respecting sovereignty in Latin America is over - RTE.ie
No pretences. US is brazenly seeking oil and minerals. World order be damned - India Today
Are “Foreign-Returned” Labels a Measure of Merit or Mere Pretence? - Kashmir Life
Indian-Origin Imam Used ‘Djinn’ Pretence To Sexually Abuse Girls, Sentenced To Life In UK - News18
“The Taj Story Targets The Taj Mahal’s Origins With No Pretence Of Objectivity“ – A Subhash K Jha Review - IMDb
The end of pretence may speed up the transition to a new world order - CNBC TV18
“The Taj Story Targets The Taj Mahal’s Origins With No Pretence Of Objectivity“ – A Subhash K Jha Review - BollySpice.com
EFCC declares Chinese national wanted for ‘obtaining money by false pretence’ - TheCable
Forced into marriage at 15, given triple-talaq twice: UP woman gang-raped under 'halala' pretence; husban - The Times of India
Opinion | Trump Ends US Pretence; Now UN Must Dissolve - News18
Editorial: Property, profits and the price of pretence - Times of Malta
Suniel Shetty drops heartfelt birthday post for Farah Khan on her 61st birthday: 'No Filters, No Pretence - The Times of India
REMEMBERING QUEEN ELIZABETH II: 'She didn't like pretence' | Now To Love - Now To Love
Care-stripping: Beyond the Pretence of Care - Verso Books
Far-right Hindus use Bangladesh as pretence to target India's weary Muslims - TRT World
‘Antisemitic blood libel’: Israel reacts as Khawaja Asif prays Israel’s founders ‘burn in hell’, Pakistan’s peace pretence unravels - The Statesman
Senior journalist denounces media bill consultations as “a pretence” - aimnews.org
Ex-Java CEO wanted in court case over alleged Ksh7.9m false pretence claim - Citizen Digital
Epstein files: The collapse of Western moral pretence - Daily Pioneer
Dennis Minott | Wealth’s pretence and the academy’s duty - Jamaica Gleaner
SONA 2026: Another Performance In The Long Politics Of Pretence? - Cape Times
EFCC Arraigns Social Media Influencer Blessing CEO Over Alleged ₦36m Fraud - Channels Television
'No pretence, no restraint...': Maniyanpilla Raju remembers his friend and colleague Sreenivasan - The New Indian Express
Orla McAndrew: To be free is to eat unselfconsciously, without pretence - Irish Examiner
The Unravelling of the ‘Aam Aadmi’ Illusion: Power, Pretence, and the inevitable national realignment - organiser.org
The rediscovery of Saif Ali Khan — wit, humour, no pretence, and a doting wife - ThePrint
NPP flagbearer race: ‘Bawumia stays true to himself, doesn’t chase power with pretence’ — Sammi Awuku - Modern Ghana
Classic Hobart pub that offers elevated eats with zero pretence - The Mercury
"Let's drop the pretence": Congress' Manickam Tagore slams Scindia's meeting with Elon Musk's companies after MEA denies his presence in Modi-Trump call - ANI News
John Swinney must 'drop pretence' only SNP majority can secure indyref2, say Greens - The National Scot
Four charged with obtaining money by false pretence in Georgetown - Guyana Chronicle
Region Three residents charged with forging official document, false pretence - Stabroek News
I'm sorry Eddie, but Aston Villa have just destroyed Newcastle United's flimsy pretence - Chronicle Live
Woman Faces Charges of Obtaining D360,000 by False Pretence - Voice Gambia
Samia Suluhu Hassan drops the pretence of reform - ISS Africa
Power, pretence and the politics of intervention - TheCable
Economic and Financial Crime Commission - Economic and Financial Crime Commission
The Snowman author Raymond Briggs 'hated Christmas', friend says - BBC
Court Convicts Man for Obtaining Goods by False Pretence - Voice Gambia
"Centre only creating pretence": TS Singh Deo attacks govt after Women's Reservation Bill setback - ANI News
A Cathedral of Pretence in the Pusillanimous Heart of Xi Jinping’s Empire of Tedium - China Heritage
Mozambique: Senior journalist denounces media bill consultations as “a pretence” – Watch - CLUB OF MOZAMBIQUE
'Queer art is about pretence, working through shadows, living mainstream culture through a side glance': Pablo Bronstein on architecture, irony and phallic sugar casters - The Art Newspaper
"Pretence of loan waiver": Maharashtra Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar criticises State Budget 2026-27 - ANI News
La Grange man wanted over $96m false pretence - Stabroek News
Man jailed 21 months for N50m fraud - The Guardian Nigeria News
EFCC Declares Foreigner, 2 Others Wanted Over Alleged Fraud, Breach Of Trust - LEADERSHIP Newspapers
After 22 years, the AFL’s absurd pretence is over. It’s about time - The Age
Let’s stop this pretence, we are not a democracy - Uganda Observer
Russian media boss drops the pretence and defends Belarus crackdown - RSF
DR Congo seeks justice and reparations for Rwanda’s role in conflict - RFI
How a DM from Jon Adgemis set YouTuber trap for Oz journalist - The Australian
An attempt to “deoligarchise” Ukraine – real action or a game of pretence? - OSW Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich
EFCC arraigns suspects who 'collected N603m from lady to facilitate her appointment as NNPC GMD' - TheCable
Pretence and illusion: Arab countries and privatisation - Al Majalla
Director remanded over obtaining Shs115 million by false pretence - Daily Monitor
Man jailed 35 years for defrauding by false pretence - Ghanaian Times
Court jails Ex-NEXIM Bank MD, Orya, 490yrs for N2.4bn fraud - Ripples Nigeria
Opinion | After Odisha Student's Self-Immolation, The Pretence Of 'Action' - NDTV
August: Babies pretending | News and features - University of Bristol
EFCC arraigns man over ₦9m fraud in Maiduguri - The Guardian Nigeria News
Augusta’s progressive claims are just pretence without a Women’s Masters | Ewan Murray - The Guardian
Ash Barty has made a lifelong impression without pretence, agendas or grandstanding | Mel Jones - The Guardian
Why Nonalignment Is Dead and Won’t Return - Foreign Policy
The pretence of democracy cannot hold forever - Times of Malta
Trump’s Gaza plan tests Starmer’s business-as-usual pretence - The Guardian
I once saw pretence in braids and weaves – now I see choice | Afua Hirsch - The Guardian
Nnaji should return all salaries, allowances earned under false pretence – Mahdi Shehu - Daily Post Nigeria
A Dark Web Of Lies, Pretence And Teenager Nonsense (Spoilers) - Bleeding Cool News
Maldives drops pretence of independent environment watchdog - Maldives Independent
Tim Davie and the Tory Backbenchers: 'There’s No Longer Any Pretence BBC’s Reputation for Impartiality Matters to the Corporation’s Leadership' - Byline Times
2024: Half of children can pretend from the age of one, new research reveals | School of Education - University of Bristol
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'pretence'
Language Equivalent   Language Equivalent
French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
preence,   peetence,   pretnce,   pretrnce,   preetnce,   pretenve,   pretecne,   prteence,   ppretence,   [retence,   pretennce,   pretencr,   pretencw,   preteence,   pretencee,   pretwnce,   pretene,   prwtence,   pertence,   preetence,   prettence,   prtence,   prerence,   pretencce,   pretenxe,   prrtence,   pretnece,   petence,   pretenc,   oretence,   pretenec,   pretece,   retence,   rpetence,   preyence,   pretemce,   pretebce,   ptetence,   prretence
Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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