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Summary

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pretence:
- förevändning; illusion; sken; utanverk; förespegling
Wiktionary:
- pretence → förevändning
- pretence → hån, spe

English

Detailed Translations for pretence from English to Swedish

pretence:

pretence [the ~] nom, britannique

the pretence (illusion; pretext; guise; pretense)
förevändning; illusion
- förevändning [-en] nom
- illusion [-en] nom
the pretence (sham; pretense)
sken; utanverk
- sken [-ett] nom
- utanverk [-ett] nom
the pretence (sham; pretense)
förevändning; förespegling
- förevändning [-en] nom
- förespegling [-en] nom
the pretence (affectation; artificiality; circumvention; mendacity; sneakiness; untruthfulness; affectedness; far-fetchedness; pretense)
förespegling
- förespegling [-en] nom

Translation Matrix for pretence:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
förespegling	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sham; sneakiness; untruthfulness
förevändning	guise; illusion; pretence; pretense; pretext; sham
illusion	guise; illusion; pretence; pretense; pretext	bogey; delusion; fabrication; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; fantasy; figment of the imagination; ghost; illusion; imaginair bogey; imagination; phantasm; phantasy; phantom; pipe dream; specter; spectre; wrong notion
sken	pretence; pretense; sham	gleam; glimmer; glow; luminosity; radiance; radiate; shine
utanverk	pretence; pretense; sham
-	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:

pretence

noun

act of pretending or pretension
- pretence → förevändning

Cross Translation:

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

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University