en pretending

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, JMDict 1.07, OpenCyc 2012, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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pretending is a subevent of…

  • en acting ➜
  • en you forget ➜
  • en you lose touch with reality ➜
  • en religion ➜
  • en you act goofy ➜
  • en act like an ape ➜
  • en act like a dog ➜
  • en act out a role ➜
  • en acting like a superhero ➜
  • en becoming too engrossed in the game ➜
  • en deceiving someone ➜
  • en dress in a costume ➜
  • en you fool yourself ➜
  • en someone is fooled ➜
  • en inventing things that never were ➜
  • en laughter ➜
  • en leave out a fact ➜
  • en a loss of reality ➜
  • en lying ➜
  • en make up stories ➜
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Effects of pretending

  • en deception ➜
  • en play ➜
  • en acting ➜
  • en creating a false impression ➜
  • en distrust ➜
  • en erections ➜
  • en escaping reality ➜
  • en fantasy ➜
  • en fantasy wish-fulfillment ➜
  • en someone is fooled ➜
  • en fooling someone else ➜
  • en fooling people ➜
  • en fun ➜
  • en a fun game ➜
  • en get good women ➜
  • en getting exposed ➜
  • en the imagination was used ➜
  • en live in a fantasy world ➜
  • en lying ➜
  • en someone may misjudge you ➜
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pretending is used for…

  • en deception ➜
  • en having fun ➜
  • en using your imagination ➜
  • en acting ➜
  • en actors ➜
  • en alleviating boredom ➜
  • en avoiding reality ➜
  • en avoiding the truth ➜
  • en children's games ➜
  • en creating a false impression ➜
  • en creative people ➜
  • en deceiving ➜
  • en decepting others ➜
  • en developing the imagination ➜
  • en exercising imagination ➜
  • en exploring possibilities ➜
  • en fooling people ➜
  • en living in a make-believe world ➜
  • en lying ➜
  • en playing ➜
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Related terms

  • ar إظهار (n) ➜
  • cim bènten (n) ➜
  • da laden (n) ➜
  • el ηθοποιόσ (n) ➜
  • en acting (n) ➜
  • en arty (a) ➜
  • en make believe (n) ➜
  • en imagining ➜
  • en make believe ➜
  • en pretend ➜
  • fi leikisti (r) ➜
  • fil diyos diyosan (n) ➜
  • fil tengang kawali (a) ➜
  • ja いるす (n) ➜
  • ja ふり (n) ➜
  • ja 居留守 (n) ➜
  • ja 振り (n) ➜
  • la affectans ➜
  • la mentiens ➜
  • vi miệng nam mô bụng một bồ dao găm ➜
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pretending requires…

  • en imagining ➜
  • en using your imagination ➜
  • en deception ➜
  • en imagination ➜
  • en acting ➜
  • en acting skills ➜
  • en creativity ➜
  • en free imagination ➜
  • en making up a story ➜

Synonyms

  • en pretense (n, act) ➜
  • ja モック (a) ➜
  • ja 素知らぬ (a) ➜
  • fi teeskentely ➜
  • ru притворство ➜

Types of pretending

  • en acting (n) ➜
  • en acting inconspicuously (n) ➜
  • en actors ➜
  • en deceiving (n) ➜
  • en going along (n) ➜
  • en lying (n) ➜

Derived terms

  • en pretendingly ➜
  • en unpretending ➜

Root words

  • en pretend (v) ➜
  • en pretend ➜

pretending is a type of…

  • en human activity (n) ➜
  • en intelligent agent activity (n) ➜

Word forms

  • en pretendings (n) ➜

Things used for pretending

  • en a box ➜

Links to other resources

  • umbel.org /umbel/sc/Pretending
  • sw.opencyc.org /2012/05/10/concept/en/Pretending
  • en.wiktionary.org pretending
  • fr.wiktionary.org pretending
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