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Pretension is the word pretense with the suffix -ion. The word pretense is close to the word pretend, and probably as close as we can get with dictionary-accepted words.

The word "imaginary" could also be used as an alternate, depending on what you are going for.

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Where is Serpens located?

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How do you use pretend in a sentence?

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