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The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally

The action of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are

An act of acting, performing or playing a role

A false front or appearance, or the act of putting one up

A false front or fake act

A theatrical performance using mime

Present participle for to act out a character, typically as a performance

Present participle for to feign or mimic an act, expression or appearance

Present participle for make a performance of

Present participle for to act or perform a portrayal of

Present participle for to deceive or fool someone

Present participle for to imagine or dream about something

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Noun

The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally

Noun

The action of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are

pretentiousness

false appearance

outward appearance

castles in the air

misapprehension

misrepresentation

imaginativeness

airs and graces

flight of fancy

visualization^US

going Hollywood

false impression

fool's paradise

imaginative faculty

assumed manners

superciliousness

visualisation^UK

putting on an act

unnatural imitation

putting on airs

putting on a front

assuming a front

imaginative power

castle in Spain

creation of the brain

castle in the air

optical illusion

will-o'-the-wisp

figment of imagination

virtual reality

mistaken impression

castles in Spain

creative thought

window dressing

window-dressing

self-importance

poor substitute

outward display

swellheadedness

self-congratulation

self-admiration

vaingloriousness

self-assumption

self-satisfaction

piece of futility

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Noun

Game-playing

Noun

An act of acting, performing or playing a role

personification

Noun

A false front or appearance, or the act of putting one up

putting on an act

pretentiousness

superciliousness

airs and graces

assumed manners

going Hollywood

unnatural imitation

putting on airs

assuming a front

putting on a front

outward appearance

window dressing

false appearance

misrepresentation

window-dressing

facial expression

outward display

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Noun

A false front or fake act

misrepresentation

window dressing

confidence trick

pretentiousness

smoke and mirrors

sanctimoniousness

superciliousness

false appearance

going Hollywood

unnatural imitation

airs and graces

assumed manners

putting on airs

victimisation^UK

victimization^US

hypocritical respect

token agreement

tongue in cheek

fraudulent scheme

window-dressing

oldest trick in the book

disingenuousness

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

attention-grabber

wild-goose chase

diversionary tactic

misleading clue

false impression

pharisaicalness

deceptive appearance

course of action

outward appearance

hypocriticalness

pious platitudes

hypocritical statement

confidence game

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Noun

A theatrical performance using mime

Verb

Present participle for to act out a character, typically as a performance

“Once ensconced in the small town they have invaded, they don costumes and play-act on stage in the town's unoccupied theater, music playing all the while.”

Verb

Present participle for to feign or mimic an act, expression or appearance

putting on an act

putting on airs

making out like

putting on a front

assuming the role

going through the motions

putting up a front

playing the part

pretending to be

letting on like

passing oneself off as

acting as though

playing the part of

masquerading as

making a pretence of

giving appearance of

giving the appearance of

going through the motions of

making a show of

putting on a false display

putting on a pretense

playing to the gallery

shucking and jiving

putting on a false front

putting up a smoke screen

misrepresenting

telling untruth

telling a white lie

creating out of thin air

laying it on thick

pretending to have

swinging the lead

professing to have

putting up a front of

making a pretense

professing to be

claiming falsely

presenting a false front

presenting a false face

affecting the role of

assuming the role of

doing a take-off

doing an impression

following in footsteps

doing an impression of

patterning after

trying to be like

behaving affectedly

striking an attitude

assuming an attitude

striking a pose

disguising yourself

copping an attitude

sweeping under the rug

sweeping under the carpet

keeping quiet about

keeping a lid on

drawing a veil over

telling stories

stretching the truth

telling untruths

departing from the truth

forswearing oneself

speaking with forked tongue

telling a little white lie

inventing a story

making up a story

not telling the truth

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

telling a terminological inexactitude

pulling someone's leg

creating fiction

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“I told him to play-act like he was attacking me so he could slip back into the lodge.”

Verb

Present participle for make a performance of

Verb

Present participle for to act or perform a portrayal of

Verb

Present participle for to deceive or fool someone

Verb

Present participle for to imagine or dream about something

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