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[ pri-tens, pree-tens ] / prɪˈtɛns, ˈpri tɛns /
Words nearby pretenceprêt-à-porter, pretarsal, pretarsus, pretax, preteen, pretence, pretend, pretended, pretender, pretense, pretension Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pretenceAlthough Vanessa comforted herself with the pretence that I had two fathers, in reality—emotional reality, that is—I had none. House of Cads: Growing Up Amid the Weirdness of Bloomsbury|Jessica Ferri|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Kelly, however, goes a step further and abandons any pretence of subtlety. R. Kelly’s Craziest Lyrics From ‘Black Panties,’ Analyzed|Chancellor Agard|December 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST At his most devastating, Ellison abandons any pretence of literary realism. American Nightmare: Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ at 60|Nathaniel Rich|June 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST The latest addition to the most-wanted list, Hafeez Saeed, the head of Lashkar-e-Taiba, does not even make any pretence of hiding. Obama’s Deal With Afghanistan Underscores Its Crucial Role in the War on Terror|Bruce Riedel|May 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We can't disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism. Obama's Egypt Address|The Daily Beast Video|June 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST This incident served Henry as a pretence for his severity towards that prince. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C.|David Hume We will leave these poor devils, in pity, to trade with others; but they must not delay us to make a pretence of earning money. No Thoroughfare|Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins Go boldly up to him, and invent some pretence to address him, or wait in this angle of deep shade, and see what would happen next? In the Days of My Youth|Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards And I bowed again and walked past her like she was a stage character, which she was, being a pretence and nothing else. Mary Cary|Kate Langley Bosher This I could not understand, and therefore make no pretence to remember it; for my brain is not mathematical.
British Dictionary definitions for pretence
nounthe act of pretending a false display; affectation a claim, esp a false one, to a right, title, or distinction make-believe or feigning a false claim or allegation; pretext a less common word for pretension (def. 3) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |