Nouns

(n)pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigningthe act of giving a false appearance“his conformity was only pretending”
(n)pretense, pretence, feigning, dissemblingpretending with intention to deceive
(n)pretense, pretence, make-believeimaginative intellectual play
(n)pretension, pretense, pretencea false or unsupportable quality
(n)guise, pretense, pretence, pretextan artful or simulated semblance“under the guise of friendship he betrayed them”