The Clue
Sham (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
False claim
False display
Make-believe
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"