false pretension
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It is a clear case of false pretension.
From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love
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.
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
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 Abbott, Jacob
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 Trollope, Anthony
