pretense

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.

   “He visited the king under the pretense of friendliness.”

2. isim Affectation or ostentation of manner.

   “She was a plain-speaking woman without a hint of pretense.”

3. isim Intention or purpose not real but professed.

   “with only a pretense of accuracy”

4. isim An unsupported claim made or implied.

   “They wished to demask hidden metaphysics, to demask the false pretenses of sentences purportively descriptive but de facto metaphysical or evaluative.”

5. isim An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.
6. isim Intention; design.

   “A very pretence and purpose of unkindness.”