Definitions for pretence

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pretence pre·tence

Spelling: [pri-tens, pree-tens]

IPA: /prɪˈtɛns, ˈpri tɛns/

Pretence is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in pretence (ceeenprt).

Definitions for pretence

noun

1. pretense.
2. pretending or feigning; make-believe:
3. a false show of something:
4. a piece of make-believe.
5. the act of pretending or alleging falsely.
6. a false allegation or justification:
7. insincere or false profession:
8. the putting forth of an unwarranted claim.
9. the claim itself.
10. any allegation or claim:
11. pretension (usually followed by to):
12. pretentiousness.

Origin of pretence

1375-1425; late Middle English Anglo-French Medieval Latin *praetēnsa, noun use of feminine of praetēnsus, past participle (replacing Latin praetentus) of praetendere to Examples for pretence

Only, the cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and a pretence of reluctance.

We can't disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism.

The latest addition to the most-wanted list, Hafeez Saeed, the head of Lashkar-e-Taiba, does not even make any pretence of hiding.

She loved him so much that she could not keep up this pretence of strength!

At his most devastating, Ellison abandons any pretence of literary realism.

Only three of them she knew made any pretence of earning their living.

Although Vanessa comforted herself with the pretence that I had two fathers, in reality—emotional reality, that is—I had none.

I shall probably put off his arrival under some pretence or other.

Kelly, however, goes a step further and abandons any pretence of subtlety.

When he "played" with Baby Akemit thereafter, the pretence was not all with the child.