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Synonyms for PRETEXT
ˈpri tɛkstpre·text
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
pretext
A pretense, in the unfavorable, which is also the usual sense, is something advanced or displayed for the purpose of concealing the reality. A person makes a pretense of something for the credit or advantage to be gained by it; he makes what is allowed or approved a pretext for doing what would be opposed or condemned; a tricky schoolboy makes a pretense of doing an errand which he does not do, or he makes the actual doing of an errand a pretext for playing truant. A ruse is something (especially something slight or petty) employed to blind or deceive so as to mask an ulterior design, and enable a person to gain some end that he would not be allowed to approach directly. A pretension is a claim that is or may be contested; the word is now commonly used in an unfavorable sense. Compare ARTIFICE; HYPOCRISY.
Synonyms:
affectation, air, assumption, cloak, color, disguise, dissimulation, excuse, mask, pretense, pretension, ruse, seeming, semblance, show, simulation, subterfuge, trick, wileAntonyms:
actuality, candor, fact, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, ingenuousness, openness, reality, simplicity, sincerity, truth
Princeton's WordNet
pretext, stalking-horsenoun
something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
Synonyms:
pretence, guise, stalking-horse, pretense, pretextguise, pretense, pretence, pretextnoun
an artful or simulated semblance
"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
Synonyms:
pretending, pretence, pretext, simulation, pretense, pretension, feigning, guise, make-believe, stalking-horse, dissembling
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pretextnoun
Synonyms:
show (to conceal a thing done), appearance, affectation, simulation, mask, color, PRETENCE
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#268 | show | |
#478 | air | |
#696 | color | |
#4317 | simulation | |
#5519 | mask | |
#7150 | assumption | |
#7167 | trick | |
#8557 | excuse | |
#21091 | disguise | |
#21182 | cloak | |
#22910 | pretending | |
#27184 | seeming | |
#30656 | guise | |
#35820 | pretext | |
#42023 | alibi | |
#43818 | ruse | |
#47547 | semblance | |
#48205 | pretense | |
#63007 | wile | |
#63572 | pretence | |
#79016 | subterfuge | |
#87946 | affectation | |
#88030 | pretension | |
#88249 | blag | |
#105408 | feigning | |
#169441 | dissembling | |
#176365 | dissimulation |
How to use PRETEXT in a sentence?
Unfortunately, the Biden DOJ has used this lawsuit as a pretext for them to pull the plug on our successful and innovative federal-state crime-fighting partnership, the Safer Streets Initiative, since I launched the Safer Streets Initiative in 2019, we’ve filed over 650 charges against nearly 390 defendants with a conviction rate of roughly 98%. My Office has fought to continue the initiative, but this initiative has been suspended solely because of the Biden Administration’s actions.
Historically a lot of these border security measures have used public health as a pretext for discrimination. It's very easy to see how a public health rationale would be used to limit immigration for whatever reason, and I'm not saying that that's actually occurring, but it well could in this particular political climate, not just in the Sarah Pierce, but internationally.
I think the U.S. cares nothing about human rights, it is only using this as a pretext to oppress Chinese companies, destabilize Xinjiang and slander China's Xinjiang policy.
The purpose that I traveled about several parts of the country on the pretext of 'aid' was to build a base to overthrow the system of the country and create a religious state, taking advantage of the policies of the U.S. and South Korean authorities.
Yesterday's rally was a bit overdone and investors are taking profit as they prepare for the holiday. Lower oil prices this morning and weaker U.S. markets gave the pretext to sell, looking forward, I expect volatility to persist in the coming sessions, but the market could gain some strength as we move into 2016.
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- záminkaCzech
- påskudDanish
- einen Vorwand verwenden, Vorwand, Deckmantel, fadenscheinige Begründung, etwas vorgeben, etwas vorschützenGerman
- pretextoSpanish
- بهانه، مستمسکPersian
- veruke, tekosyyFinnish
- prétexteFrench
- leithscéalIrish
- leisgeulScottish Gaelic
- אמתלהHebrew
- बहानाHindi
- ürügy, kifogásHungarian
- yfirskinIcelandic
- scusante, pretestoItalian
- takunetanga, takutakunga, takungaMāori
- påskuddNorwegian
- schijnreden, pretext, dekmantel, drogreden, voorwendselDutch
- påskottNorwegian Nynorsk
- pretekst, wymówkaPolish
- pretextoPortuguese
- по́вод, предло́гRussian
- izlika, izgovorSerbo-Croatian
- undanflykt, svepskäl, förevändningSwedish
- بہانہUrdu
- טערעץYiddish
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