false pretension
Example Sentences
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Now, any British Mason will see at a glance that all this is a false pretension.
From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Webster, Nesta H.
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 Lever, Charles James
It is a clear case of false pretension.
From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love
Dissimulā′tion, the act of dissembling: a hiding under a false appearance: false pretension: hypocrisy; Dissimulā′tor.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
But at that critical period of their daughter's life, they were ignorant of human nature, and entirely unskilled in the means of detecting false pretension, or discovering true merit.
From The Lights and Shadows of Real Life by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
