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Detailed Translations for pretence from English to Swedish

pretence:

pretence [the ~] nomen, engelsk

  1. the pretence (illusion; pretext; guise; pretense)
    förevändning; illusion
  2. the pretence (sham; pretense)
    sken; utanverk
  3. the pretence (sham; pretense)
  4. the pretence (affectation; artificiality; circumvention; )

Translation Matrix for pretence:

NounRelated TranslationsOther 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; pretending; pretense; pretension; pretext; simulation

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Related Definitions for "pretence":

  1. the act of giving a false appearance1
  2. an artful or simulated semblance1
  3. a false or unsupportable quality1
  4. imaginative intellectual play1
  5. pretending with intention to deceive1

Wiktionary Translations for pretence:

pretence
noun
  1. act of pretending or pretension

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
pretence hån; spe simulacre — (religion) (term, surtout au pluriel) image, statue, idole, représentation de fausses divinités.