pretense vs pretence

Definitions

noun

1. imaginative intellectual play
2. an artful or simulated semblance
3. a false or unsupportable quality
4. the act of giving a false appearance
5. pretending with intention to deceive

Examples

But, just in case you get the idea that all was pretence and subterfuge, I feel I should let you know just how the mother of a friend of mine described the communist years.

He had circled around to come to the village by the south, on the pretence of making it appear that he was headed for Kaye.

The novel is also natural in the sense of man's everyday life, done without pretence and pose.

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Definitions

noun

1. imaginative intellectual play
2. an artful or simulated semblance
3. a false or unsupportable quality
4. the act of giving a false appearance
5. pretending with intention to deceive

Examples

But, just in case you get the idea that all was pretence and subterfuge, I feel I should let you know just how the mother of a friend of mine described the communist years.

He had circled around to come to the village by the south, on the pretence of making it appear that he was headed for Kaye.

The novel is also natural in the sense of man's everyday life, done without pretence and pose.

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