pretending

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pretending

noun pretendings

uncountable, usually The act of imagining; make-believe.
Similar: pretend

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of pretend

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Closest in meaning: pretense, feigning, pretence, simulation, make-believe, fake, sham, bluffing, posing, alleging, contending, arguing, seeming, appearing, affirming, claiming

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noun act of imagining

Español	artistaje
Русский	притворство pritvorstvo

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@misc{pretending_2026,
  title = {pretending},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pretending},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}