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That would be a falsehood.

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Q: What is the word that means an attempt to pretend something is true?
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What does pretension mean?

pretense means a behavior in a genuine but they deceive someone or something


What does showing your true colours mean?

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What does feign indifference mean?

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To give a mental existence to something that is not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; to pretend; to form and relate as if true; To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; To dissemble; to conceal to put on a show.


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What is the denotative and connotative meaning of feign?

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