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pretence:
- Illusion; Fassade; Anschein; Vortäuschung; Vorschützung; Verlogenheit; Ziererei; Unnatürlichkeit; Preziosität; Geschraubtheit; Affektiertheit; Geziertheit
Wiktionary:
- pretence → Hohn, Spott, Spotten, Spottwort

English

Detailed Translations for pretence from English to German

pretence:

pretence [the ~] noun, British

the pretence (illusion; pretext; guise; pretense)
die Illusion
- Illusion [die ~] noun
the pretence (sham; pretense)
die Fassade; der Anschein
- Fassade [die ~] noun
- Anschein [der ~] noun
the pretence (sham; pretense)
die Vortäuschung; die Vorschützung
- Vortäuschung [die ~] noun
- Vorschützung [die ~] noun
the pretence (affectation; artificiality; circumvention; mendacity; sneakiness; untruthfulness; affectedness; far-fetchedness; pretense)
die Verlogenheit; die Ziererei; die Unnatürlichkeit; die Preziosität; die Geschraubtheit; die Affektiertheit; die Geziertheit
- Verlogenheit [die ~] noun
- Ziererei [die ~] noun
- Unnatürlichkeit [die ~] noun
- Preziosität [die ~] noun
- Geschraubtheit [die ~] noun
- Affektiertheit [die ~] noun
- Geziertheit [die ~] noun

Translation Matrix for pretence:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Affektiertheit	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness
Anschein	pretence; pretense; sham	farce; make-believe; sham
Fassade	pretence; pretense; sham	extent of front; face; farce; façade; fore-part; front; front side; front view; frontage; frontal view; frontline; housefront; make-believe; sham
Geschraubtheit	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness
Geziertheit	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness	artificiality; mannerism
Illusion	guise; illusion; pretence; pretense; pretext	bogey; chimera; delusion; erroneous idea; fabrication; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; fantasy; figment of the imagination; ghost; illusion; imaginair bogey; imagination; mirage; phantasm; phantasy; phantom; pipe dream; specter; spectre; wrong notion
Preziosität	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness
Unnatürlichkeit	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness	deceit; falseness; falsity; illegitimacy; spuriousness; unnaturalness
Verlogenheit	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness	deceit; falseness; falsity; illegitimacy; mendacity; spuriousness; untruthfulness
Vorschützung	pretence; pretense; sham
Vortäuschung	pretence; pretense; sham
Ziererei	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness	affectation; pose; put on; swank
-	dissembling; feigning; guise; make-believe; pretending; pretense; pretension; pretext; simulation

Synonyms for "pretence":

pretension; pretense; artificiality
guise; pretext; semblance; gloss; color; colour
feigning; dissembling; misrepresentation; deceit; deception
make-believe; imagination; imaging; imagery; mental imagery
pretending; simulation; dissembling; dissimulation

Related Definitions for "pretence":

the act of giving a false appearance¹
an artful or simulated semblance¹
a false or unsupportable quality¹
imaginative intellectual play¹
pretending with intention to deceive¹

Wiktionary Translations for pretence:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• pretence	→ Hohn; Spott; Spotten; Spottwort	↔ simulacre — (religion) (term, surtout au pluriel) image, statue, idole, représentation de fausses divinités.

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English and German Translation Search Results for pretence

Detailed Translations for pretence from English to German

pretence:

pretence [the ~] noun, British

the pretence (illusion; pretext; guise; pretense)

the pretence (sham; pretense)

the pretence (sham; pretense)

the pretence (affectation; artificiality; circumvention; mendacity; sneakiness; untruthfulness; affectedness; far-fetchedness; pretense)

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Synonyms for "pretence":

Related Definitions for "pretence":

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