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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