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What does pretense mean?

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Noun
  1. (US) A false or hypocritical profession
  2. Intention or purpose not real but professed.
  3. An unsupported claim made or implied.
  4. An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.
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It's reminiscent of other press gleanings, except that he makes no pretense that his work is objective.
The former live their lives within a rigid moralism and behavioral codes and have a supercilious social pretense.
It appears that the communicative competence is better displayed when children engage in pretense situations.
I'm all for good satire, the sharp and perceptive deflating of pretense, pompousness or deceit.
With a deftness of touch reminiscent of Chaucer, Map achieves a high degree of realism through the pretense of reporting direct speech.
The peace-seeking pretense was dripping with charade in the months before the invasion.

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