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pretense
noun
pre·tense ˈprē-ˌten(t)s 
pri-ˈten(t)s
variants or pretence
Example Sentences
We tried to keep up the pretense that everything was fine. Their indifference is merely pretense.
Recent Examples on the Web Any pretense that they won’t be recognized has been completely abandoned. 
Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022 Other nations might not be sharing or only give a pretense of doing so. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 Because presidential ignorance here (or at least the pretense of it) serves a useful political game. William Mcgurn, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022 Any pretense that the automobile is a prosthetic will be eliminated, so car passengers can move on to other things. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2022 And so, despite the pretense of novelty, BeReal represents the latest iteration in the cycle of social media sites that spring from the push-and-pull tension of authenticity and performance. Wired, 7 Aug. 2022 Yet Trump and his supporters nonetheless justified their actions under the dubious pretense of preserving American democracy – as a matter of getting the vote right, of reversing voter fraud. George Michael, The Conversation, 27 July 2022 Most other luxury SUVs, electric or not, make little pretense of being able to tackle anything more challenging than a snowy or unpaved road. Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN, 6 July 2022 One of them was Helene Weiss, then a scrawny 8-year-old whom Ms. Geulen took to a farm owned by a Catholic family, using the pretense that Helene, too, was Catholic but needed fresh air and country life to regain her health. Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022 See More
Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022 Other nations might not be sharing or only give a pretense of doing so. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 Because presidential ignorance here (or at least the pretense of it) serves a useful political game. William Mcgurn, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022 Any pretense that the automobile is a prosthetic will be eliminated, so car passengers can move on to other things. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2022 And so, despite the pretense of novelty, BeReal represents the latest iteration in the cycle of social media sites that spring from the push-and-pull tension of authenticity and performance. Wired, 7 Aug. 2022 Yet Trump and his supporters nonetheless justified their actions under the dubious pretense of preserving American democracy – as a matter of getting the vote right, of reversing voter fraud. George Michael, The Conversation, 27 July 2022 Most other luxury SUVs, electric or not, make little pretense of being able to tackle anything more challenging than a snowy or unpaved road. Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN, 6 July 2022 One of them was Helene Weiss, then a scrawny 8-year-old whom Ms. Geulen took to a farm owned by a Catholic family, using the pretense that Helene, too, was Catholic but needed fresh air and country life to regain her health. Joseph Berger, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, probably modification of Medieval Latin pretensio, irregular from Latin praetendere
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of pretense was in the 15th century Phrases Containing pretense
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