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pretence:
- schijn; illusie; façade; uiterlijke schijn; voorwending; gekunsteldheid; geaffekteerdheid; gemaaktheid
Wiktionary:
- pretence → arrogantie, pretentie
- pretence → aanfluiting, persiflage, spotternij, spot

English

Detailed Translations for pretence from English to Dutch

pretence:

pretence [the ~] noun, British

the pretence (illusion; pretext; guise; pretense)
de schijn; de illusie
- schijn [de ~ (m)] noun
- illusie [de ~ (v)] noun
the pretence (sham; pretense)
de façade; uiterlijke schijn
- façade [de ~ (v)] noun
- uiterlijke schijn [znw.] noun
the pretence (sham; pretense)
de voorwending
- voorwending [de ~ (v)] noun
the pretence (affectation; artificiality; circumvention; mendacity; sneakiness; untruthfulness; affectedness; far-fetchedness; pretense)
de gekunsteldheid; geaffekteerdheid; de gemaaktheid
- gekunsteldheid [de ~ (v)] noun
- geaffekteerdheid [znw.] noun
- gemaaktheid [de ~ (v)] noun

Translation Matrix for pretence:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
façade	pretence; pretense; sham	disguise; farce; façade; front; front view; frontal view; housefront; make-believe; sham
geaffekteerdheid	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness
gekunsteldheid	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness
gemaaktheid	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness
illusie	guise; illusion; pretence; pretense; pretext	chimera; delusion; erroneous idea; fallacy; fantasm; fantasy; fata morgana; figment of the imagination; illusion; mirage; phantasm; phantasy; wrong notion
schijn	guise; illusion; pretence; pretense; pretext	disguise; façade; flash; flicker; flickering; gleam; glimmer; glint; glittering; glow; light signal; radiance; shine; sparkle
uiterlijke schijn	pretence; pretense; sham
voorwending	pretence; pretense; sham
-	dissembling; feigning; guise; make-believe; pretending; pretense; pretension; pretext; simulation

Synonyms for "pretence":

pretension; pretense; artificiality
guise; pretext; semblance; gloss; color; colour
feigning; dissembling; misrepresentation; deceit; deception
make-believe; imagination; imaging; imagery; mental imagery
pretending; simulation; dissembling; dissimulation

Related Definitions for "pretence":

the act of giving a false appearance¹
an artful or simulated semblance¹
a false or unsupportable quality¹
imaginative intellectual play¹
pretending with intention to deceive¹

Wiktionary Translations for pretence:

pretence

noun

verwaande houding tegenover anderen
- arrogantie → arrogance; assumingness; overbearingness; presumption; pretence
aanmatiging
- pretentie → presumption; pretence

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• pretence	→ aanfluiting; persiflage; spotternij; spot	↔ simulacre — (religion) (term, surtout au pluriel) image, statue, idole, représentation de fausses divinités.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University