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(British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext. / Something asserted or alleged on slight evidence; an unwarranted assumption. / (obsolete) Intention; design.

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pretence

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pretence

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpɹiːtɛns/

Noun

UK countable uncountable obsolete

(British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext. / Something asserted or alleged on slight evidence; an unwarranted assumption. / (obsolete) Intention; design.

Japanese Meaning

（見せかけ・虚偽の主張）何かを装う行為、あるいは虚偽の言い訳や口実としての主張 / （根拠の乏しい主張）些かの証拠に基づき主張される、不当または根拠のない仮定や主張 / （古語的意味）意図、計画、あるいは計画された目的

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Her calm voice was a pretence to hide the fear she felt inside.

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彼女の落ち着いた声は、内にある恐怖を隠す見せかけだった。

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(British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.

Great armaments were, therefore, put on foot in Moravia and Bohemia, while the elector of Saxony, under a pretence of military parade, drew together about ſixteen thouſand men, which were poſted in a ſtrong ſituation at Pirna.

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Sense（2）

Something asserted or alleged on slight evidence; an unwarranted assumption.

He was gentlemanly, steady, tractable, with a thorough knowledge of his duties; and in time, when yet very young, he became chief mate of a fine ship, without ever having been tested by those events of the sea that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret truth of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself.

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