n00754956
type | n |
lex_filenum | 04 |
def | the act of giving a false appearance |
examples | his conformity was only pretending |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation |
Derivationally related form | feigning → feign |
Derivationally related form | simulation → simulate |
Derivationally related form | pretending → pretend |
Derivationally related form | pretense → pretend |
Hyponym | appearance, show; make-believe, pretend; affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness; masquerade |
Incoming links | |
Hyponym | deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation |
Hypernym | appearance, show; make-believe, pretend; affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness; masquerade |
Derivationally related form | pretend → pretending |
Derivationally related form | pretend → pretense |
Derivationally related form | feign → feigning |
Derivationally related form | simulate → simulation |
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