Talk:pretense
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic make-believe; pretension
make-believe; pretension
edit3. Make-believe or things imagined 4. Same as pretension1 (Sense 1)
pretension1 1. affected behavior intended to give an appearance of greater importance, status, or knowledge than is warranted 2. an untruthful or dubious assertion of a right to something, especially something valuable, admirable, or prestigious (often used in the plural and with negatives, while pretense in the negative, he makes no pretense of expertise) The book makes no pretensions to being great literature. 3 . the act of formally putting forward a claim (formal) Microsoft® Encarta® 2009