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The Clue

Make-believe (8 letter answer)

The Answer

PRETENSE

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Notes

The answer PRETENSE is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.

Related Clues

Affectation
Artifice
Cover
Dissimulation
Facade
Fakery
Mask
Sham
False claim
False display
It's only make-believe

Definition

PRETENSE as a noun:

1. (pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning) = the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
2. (pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling) = pretending with intention to deceive
3. (pretense, pretence, make-believe) = imaginative intellectual play
4. (pretension, pretense, pretence) = a false or unsupportable quality
5. (guise, pretense, pretence, pretext) = an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"