Definition of pretexts Pretexts
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What does pretexts mean?
Wiktionary 
- pretexts (Noun)
Plural of pretext.
Part of speech
🔤- pretexts, noun, plural of pretext.
WordNet
NounPlural: pretexts |
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| pretext - something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason | ||
| stalking-horse | ||
| dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" | ||
| pretext - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" | ||
| guise, pretense, pretence | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pretext (n.)
Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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pretext
Something serving to conceal plans.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pretext
prē′tekst, or prē-tekst′, n. an assumed motive or reason put forward to conceal the real one: a pretence. [L. prætextum—prætexĕre—præ, before, texĕre, to weave.]
Part of speech
🔤- pretext, noun, singular of pretexts.
