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Summary

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pretext:
- förevändning; illusion
- svepskäl
Wiktionary:
- pretext → svepskäl, undanflykt
- pretext → förevändning, sken

English

Detailed Translations for pretext from English to Swedish

pretext:

pretext [the ~] nom

the pretext (pretence; illusion; guise; pretense)
förevändning; illusion
- förevändning [-en] nom
- illusion [-en] nom

pretext

pretext (prevarication)
svepskäl
- svepskäl

Translation Matrix for pretext:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
förevändning	guise; illusion; pretence; pretense; pretext	pretence; pretense; 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
-	guise; pretence; pretense; stalking-horse
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
svepskäl	pretext; 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 → svepskäl; undanflykt

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• pretext	→ förevändning; sken	↔ prétexte — Cause simulée, supposée.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University