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Translate pretense from English to Swedish

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pretense:
- förevändning; illusion; sken; utanverk; förespegling
Wiktionary:
- pretense → hån, spe

English

Detailed Translations for pretense from English to Swedish

pretense:

pretense [the ~] noun, American

the pretense (pretence; illusion; pretext; guise)
förevändning; illusion
- förevändning [-en] noun
- illusion [-en] noun
the pretense (pretence; sham)
sken; utanverk
- sken [-ett] noun
- utanverk [-ett] noun
the pretense (pretence; sham)
förevändning; förespegling
- förevändning [-en] noun
- förespegling [-en] noun
the pretense (pretence; affectation; artificiality; circumvention; mendacity; sneakiness; untruthfulness; affectedness; far-fetchedness)
förespegling
- förespegling [-en] noun

Translation Matrix for pretense:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
förespegling	affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sham; sneakiness; untruthfulness
förevändning	guise; illusion; pretence; pretense; pretext; sham
illusion	guise; illusion; pretence; pretense; pretext	bogey; delusion; fabrication; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; fantasy; figment of the imagination; ghost; illusion; imaginair bogey; imagination; phantasm; phantasy; phantom; pipe dream; specter; spectre; wrong notion
sken	pretence; pretense; sham	gleam; glimmer; glow; luminosity; radiance; radiate; shine
utanverk	pretence; pretense; sham
-	dissembling; feigning; guise; make-believe; pretence; pretending; pretension; pretext; simulation

Synonyms for "pretense":

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

Related Definitions for "pretense":

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 pretense:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• pretense	→ hån; spe	↔ simulacre — (religion) (term, surtout au pluriel) image, statue, idole, représentation de fausses divinités.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University