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adj. Not genuine or sincere; feigned: a pretended interest in the proceedings.

adj. Supposed; alleged: the pretended heir to the throne.

v. Simple past tense and past participle of pretend.

adj. Making a false appearance; unreal; false.

adj. adopted in order to deceive

"By the way, several readers have had a thought about "community organizer," which some Dems have pretended is code for "black.""

imitative    counterfeit   

false   

unreal    false    pretensive    sham    feigned    feint    dissembled    counterfeit    postiche    affected   

pretend   

amended    appended    apprehended    ascended    attended    befriended    bended    blended    commended    comprehended