pretence

Preposition: of

• democracy: In the end there was no pretense of democracy.
• neutrality: Dublin makes no pretense of neutrality and always fights for Catholics ' .
• impartiality: There was no pretense of impartiality the second time around.
• piety: Another sleight is a pretense of extraordinary piety, that so people may admire them, and suck in their doctrine.
• objectivity: None of the Gospels is a historical study, or makes any pretense of objectivity.
• justice: Manifesting grace, He was given up to impious law without show of mercy or pretense of justice.

Preposition: that

• people: The last taboo: to challenge the pretense that people are likeable - much less loveable.
• everything: Facts and communication are required, not the pretense that everything is wonderful.

Converse of object

• abandon: In Britain New Labor has abandoned any pretense of access to a common cultural formation for all.
• drop: After a few weeks the SWP dropped the pretense of being involved in the Dispute at all.
• maintain: Moreover, why did Prisoner 7 maintain the pretense for the rest of his life?
• destroy: But they will succeed in destroying the last pretense that the health service is not being privatized.
• make: The Psalms alone were extant in versions which made any pretense to be faithful.
• stop: Will biblical " scholars " stop the pretense it is history?

Adjective modifier

• false: I won't going into too much detail about the exact false pretense.
• plausible: A trivial occurrence in the year 1222 furnished the court with a plausible pretense to exercise their resentment against the Londoners.
• mere: Faith which refuses to obey the commands of the Savior is a mere pretense, and will never save the soul.
• little: France has not only ignored the rules, but is making little pretense of caring.
• such: One of the things I've always liked about the camps is that there is no such pretense.
• fair: And what inclines one less to bear, she has no fair pretense of family or blood.