| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A display of insincere behavior: act, acting, disguise, dissemblance, masquerade, sham, show, simulation. See HONEST, TRUE. 2. Artificial behavior adopted to impress others: affectation, affectedness, air (used in plural), mannerism, pose. See HONEST, TRUE. 3. A legitimate or supposed right to demand something as one's rightful due: claim, pretension, title. Slang : dibs. See OWNED, REQUEST. 4. A deceptive outward appearance: cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, front, gloss, guise, mask, masquerade, pretext, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing. Slang : put-on. See SHOW. 5. A professed rather than a real reason: pretension, pretext. See HONEST. 6. The presentation of something false as true: charade, make-believe. See HONEST, TRUE.
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