false pretension
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He was willing to do it,—but was not willing that there should be any soft-worded, high-toned false pretension.
From The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope
There was always, and there will be always, a certain amount of false pretension in life which you may, if you like, call acting.
From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Charles James Lever
Now, any British Mason will see at a glance that all this is a false pretension.
From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta H. Webster
"A fault in manner," he says, "is laughable; a false pretension is ridiculous, a situation which exposes vice to detestation is comic, a bon mot is pleasant."
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
She said this, therefore, only to tease her aunt by the false pretension that the secret had been confided to her.
From History of King Charles the Second of England by Jacob Abbott
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