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feigning

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noun
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As a noun, feigning means act of one who feigns.

Meanings of feigning

3 meanings

verb

Present participle of feign

noun

  1. Act of one who feigns; fakery; deceit.

  2. Pretending with intention to deceive

    Similar: pretense, pretence, dissembling

  3. The act of giving a false appearance

    “his conformity was only pretending”

    Similar: pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: pretending with intention to deceive
pretensepretencedissembling
noun: the act of giving a false appearance
pretensepretencepretendingsimulation

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