What is the meaning of Pretense?

A false or hypocritical assertion, implication, or representation.

Intention or purpose not real but professed.

An unsupported claim made or implied.

An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.

inflection of pretensar:

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  2. third-person singular imperative

first/third-person singular present subjunctive

third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org