false show
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But the false show of bravado helped propel Wallace into the governorship in 1962.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Vicar's body stretched tight the seams of his black coat and kept up, at fifty-seven, a false show of muscular energy.
From The Three Sisters by May Sinclair
Simple honesty is preferable to false show in all cases; truthfulness in utterance is always to be desired.
From Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Christopher Dresser
Illusion, il-lū′zhun, n. a playing upon: a mocking: deceptive appearance: false show: error.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
You do not yet know either, that ignorance and fear will be thrusting their untruth and false show into the very essentials of Religion.
From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Donald Grant Mitchell
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