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charadecha‧rade /ʃəˈrɑːd $ ʃəˈreɪd/ noun   charadeOrigin: 1700-1800 French, Provençal charrado ‘conversation’ - Simon told Susan that his marriage was a charade, continued only for the sake of the children.
- The trial was just a charade -- the verdict had already been decided.
- Without a firm commitment to peace, the talks will be a disappointing charade.
- Both are charades meant to direct attention away from a stubborn commitment to the status quo.
- Dash was watching the charade and laughing.
- In the evening, after the first stiffness wore off and charades were introduced, the party went with a swing.
- Lee no longer wanted to be part of this charade.
- Simon has told Susan that his marriage is a charade, continued only for the sake of the children.
- The institutional separation of the state from the capitalist class is not simply a charade.
- The whole charade is compounded by financial extravagance.
an attempt to pretend that something is true► pretence British /pretense American an attempt to pretend that something is true, especially in order to deceive people: pretence of: · After my mother left, my father gave up even the pretense of caring for anyone besides himself.pretence that: · The worst thing about liberal academics is the pretence that they are somehow more open-minded than their opponents.on the pretence that/of (=pretending that it is the reason for what you are doing): · Wilson asked Carly out to dinner, on the pretence that he wanted to talk to her about business.· The first time she had called was on the pretense of finding out how Letia was. make a pretence of doing something (=pretend to do it): · Mr Tellwright made no pretence of concealing his satisfaction.keep up the pretence (=continue pretending): · After two weeks he could keep up the pretence no longer and decided to tell her the truth. ► charade a situation in which people pretend that something is true and behave as if it were true, especially when everyone really knows that it is not true: · The trial was just a charade -- the verdict had already been decided.· Simon told Susan that his marriage was a charade, continued only for the sake of the children. ► sham an attempt to deceive people by pretending that something is true, especially if it is easy for people to see that it is not true: · She believed Rodney's sudden change in attitude was only a sham.· The election was a sham. Officials intimidated peasants into voting for the government candidates, or simply stuffed the ballot boxes. ► front an organization or activity that seems to be legal and ordinary but which is secretly being used for an illegal purpose: · The club was just a front - Luchese's real business was drug smuggling and gun running. front for: · The charity has been accused of being a front for anti-government activity. 1charades [uncountable] a game in which one person uses actions and no words to show the meaning of a word or phrase, and other people have to guess what it is2[countable] a situation in which people behave as though something is true or serious, when it is not really true:  Unless more money is given to schools, all this talk of improving education is just a charade. |