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Detailed Translations for pretext from English to Swedish

pretext:

pretext [the ~] nomen

  1. the pretext (pretence; illusion; guise; pretense)
    förevändning; illusion

pretext

  1. pretext (prevarication)

Translation Matrix for pretext:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
förevändning guise; illusion; pretence; pretense; pretext pretence; pretense; 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
- guise; pretence; pretense; stalking-horse
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
svepskäl pretext; prevarication

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Related Definitions for "pretext":

  1. an artful or simulated semblance1
  2. something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason1

Wiktionary Translations for pretext:

pretext
noun
  1. false, contrived or assumed purpose

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
pretext förevändning; sken prétexte — Cause simulée, supposée.