| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A display of insincere behavior: act, acting, disguise, dissemblance, pretense, sham, show, simulation. See HONEST, TRUE. 2. A deceptive outward appearance: cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, front, gloss, guise, mask, pretense, pretext, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing. Slang : put-on. See SHOW. | | VERB: | 1. To change or modify so as to prevent recognition of the true identity or character of: camouflage, disguise, dissemble, dissimulate, mask. See SHOW. 2. To represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is: attitudinize, impersonate, pass, pose, posture. Idioms: pass oneself off as. See HONEST.
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