Definitions for pretense

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pretense pre·tense

Spelling: [pri-tens, pree-tens]

IPA: /prɪˈtɛns, ˈpri tɛns/

Pretense is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 217 anagrams from letters in pretense (eeenprst).

Definitions for pretense

noun

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

Origin of pretense

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 pretense

All along, Orman never made any pretense about her sexuality.

They are winning incremental battles under the pretense of health regulations and parental consent.

Ben pretended to be vexed with Dick and Tom, but it was only pretense.

“Tell us some more about Big Brother Bill,” she said, with the pretense of a sigh.

We would perhaps be tossing out any pretense of traditional baseball in exchange for popular thrill-a-minute spectacle.

She had been convicted of blackmail, and she made no pretense even of innocence.

In Iraq and Syria, unlike in Libya, there is no pretense that this is anything less than war in the constitutional sense.

That cannot be simulated; the pretense of it is in general, in the long run, futile.

Hastily he threw on the packs, making no pretense at neat packing.

There is not even the pretense of actual interaction with voters.