feigned
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Feigned ignorance was merely part of her repertoire.
From Time • Nov. 29, 2
Feigned compliance is the term used by Lucian Pye, a political scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to describe such self-protective make-believe and the obedience it spawns.
From Time Magazine Archive
Feigned characters are also found, as Scott's mute in "The Talisman"; in Moliere's "Le Médecin malgré Lui"; Jonson's "Epicoene"; and John Poole's "Deaf as a Post".
From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Best, Harry
Feigned menstruation, pregnancy, abortion, and recent delivery are common, and should give rise to no difficulty.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage which man can put upon the providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various
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