how to pronounce pretense

/pɹiːˈtɛns/

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pretense is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of pretense in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… have no pretense of objectivity …”

meaning of pretense

Pretense means a false show of feeling or interest.

pretense frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pretense occurs in english on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pretense can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pretense can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;