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Noun feigning has 2 senses
- pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling - pretending with intention to deceive
--1 is a kind of misrepresentation, deceit, deception
--1 has particulars:
- pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning - the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
--2 is a kind of deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
--2 has particulars:
Verb feign has 2 senses
- feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
--1 is one way to misrepresent, belie
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- simulate, assume, sham, feign - make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
--2 is one way to dissemble, pretend, act
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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