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[ adjective ] adopted in order to deceive
Examples "an assumed name" "an assumed cheerfulness" "a fictitious address" "fictive sympathy" "a pretended interest" "a put-on childish voice" "sham modesty" Used in print (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)Then , with a shrug of pretended indifference , she took a compact from her purse and went_through_the_motions of fixing her make-up . Related terms |
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