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charade
A charade is an act or a pretense put on to make something appear different than what it is or a word or phrase that is acted out. (noun)
- An example of charade is when a dysfunctional family pretends to be a happy family on the outside.
- An example of charade is a game you play where you try to act something out like a movie title without speaking to get people to guess the name of the movie.
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