
[Middle English, from Old French pretensse, from Medieval Latin *praetēnsa, from Late Latin, feminine of praetēnsus, alteration of Latin praetentus, past participle of praetendere, to pretend, assert. See pretend.]
noun
Definition: falsehood, affected show; cover
Antonyms: honesty, openness, reality, truth

Dansk (Danish)
n. - foregivende, krav, prætention
Nederlands (Dutch)
voorwendsel, valse schijn, ongegronde aanspraak op, doen alsof, pretentie
Français (French)
n. - faux-semblant, simulacre, simulation, prétexte
Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorwand, Verstellung, Anspruch
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προσποίηση, πρόφαση, πρόσχημα, επίφαση, (αστήρικτη) αξίωση ή διεκδίκηση
Italiano (Italian)
pretesto, scusa, finzione, simulazione
Português (Portuguese)
n. - pretensão (f), fingimento (m), pretexto (m)
Русский (Russian)
предлог, претензия, притворство
Español (Spanish)
n. - pretexto, fingimiento, simulación
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - anspråk, anspråksfullhet, tomt prål, förevändning, förespeglande
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
假装, 借口, 虚伪
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 假裝, 藉口, 虛偽
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 見せかけ, 口実, 見せびらかし
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) زعم, تظاهر
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - יומרה, מסווה, התחזות, העמדת-פנים, תביעה, אמתלה
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