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pretext:
- Illusion
Wiktionary:
- pretext → Vorwand
- pretext → etwas vorgeben, einen Vorwand verwenden
- pretext → Vorwand, Ausflucht, Umschweif

English

Detailed Translations for pretext from English to German

pretext:

pretext [the ~] nom

the pretext (pretence; illusion; pretense; guise)
die Illusion
- Illusion [die ~] nom

Translation Matrix for pretext:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
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
-	guise; pretence; pretense; stalking-horse
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	prevarication

Related Words for "pretext":

pretexts

Synonyms for "pretext":

stalking-horse; pretense; pretence; feigning; dissembling
guise; pretense; pretence; semblance; gloss; color; colour

Related Definitions for "pretext":

an artful or simulated semblance¹
something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason¹

Wiktionary Translations for pretext:

pretext

noun

false, contrived or assumed purpose
- pretext → Vorwand

verb

employ a pretext
- pretext → etwas vorgeben; einen Vorwand verwenden

pretext

noun

vorgeschobene, erfundene Begründung für eine Handlung
- Vorwand → excuse; pretext

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• pretext	→ Vorwand; Ausflucht; Umschweif	↔ prétexte — Cause simulée, supposée.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University