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Divide pretense into syllables:

pre · tense

How to pronounce pretense:

Synonyms for pretense:

acting
affectation
affectedness
appearance
arrogance
charade
confidence
deceit
deception
disdain
dissembling
dissimulation
falsehood
feigning
grandiosity
guise
inflation
make-believe
mannerism
masquerade
pose
pretence
pretend
pretending
pretension
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Antonyms for pretense:

artlessness
back
bluntness
candidness
candor
candour
character
complete honesty
concrete
difference
directness
disclosure
discouragement
dissimilarity
existence
facing
fairness
faithfulness
fidelity
forthrightness
frankness
genuineness
good faith
guilelessness
honesty
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