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hollow pretense

noun as in false pretense

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The lion-like roars without seemed suddenly all hollow pretense.

He needed money—money to fight with, money to live on, money to keep up his hollow pretense of respectability.

We must show them the false foundation and the hollow pretense upon which such schemes are founded.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hollow pretense, such as: false colors, false pretension, feign, pretension, and pretext.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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