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Vorwand
pretext
Scheingrund
pretext
Vorwand m, Scheingrund m
unter dem Vorwand
pretext
under the pretext
Vorwand m; vorgeschobener Grund m; Scheingrund m
unter dem Vorwand
pretext
under the pretext
leicht; schwach; klein; unbedeutend; dünn; unwichtig; gering adj
geringe Chance
unter dem geringsten Vorwand
slight
slight chance
on the slightest pretext
leicht; schwach; klein; unbedeutend; dünn; unwichtig; gering; graduell geh. adj
geringe Chance
unter dem geringsten Vorwand
slight
slight chance
on the slightest pretext
vorschützen v
vorschützend
vorgeschützt
er
sie schützt vor
ich
er
sie schützte vor
er
sie hat
hatte vorgeschützt
Krankheit vorschützen
Unwissenheit vorschützen
to plead as an excuse, to make a pretext of
pleading as an excuse, making a pretext of
plead
pleaded as an excuse, made a pretext of
he
she pleads as an excuse, he
she makes a pretext of
I
he
she plead
pleaded as an excuse, I
he
she made a pretext of
he
she has
had plead
pleaded as an excuse, he
she has
had made a pretext of
to feign illness
to plead ignorance
vorschützen v
vorschützend
vorgeschützt
er sie schützt vor
ich er sie schützte vor
er sie hat hatte vorgeschützt
Krankheit vorschützen
Unwissenheit vorschützen
to plead as an excuse; to make a pretext of
pleading as an excuse; making a pretext of
plead pleaded as an excuse; made a pretext of
he she pleads as an excuse; he she makes a pretext of
I he she plead pleaded as an excuse; I he she made a pretext of
he she has had plead pleaded as an excuse; he she has had made a pretext of
to feign illness
to plead ignorance

Deutsche Vorwand Synonyme

Ausrede  ÂScheingrund  ÂVorwand  
Ausflucht  ÂAusrede  ÂEntschuldigung  ÂVorwand  

Englische pretext Synonyme

pretext  acting  affectation  alibi  allege  alternative  appearance  attitudinizing  avow  bluff  bluffing  camouflage  cheating  choice  claim  cloak  color  coloring  cover  cover story  deception  delusion  disguise  dissemblance  dissembling  dissimulation  escape clause  escape hatch  excuse  explanation  facade  face  fakery  faking  false air  false front  false show  falsity  feigning  feint  four-flushing  fraud  front  gilt  gloss  guise  humbug  humbuggery  imposture  loophole  masquerade  meretriciousness  ostentation  outward show  playacting  plea  pose  posing  posture  pretend  pretense  pretension  profess  protest too much  purport  rational ground  rationale  rationalization  reason  reason for  reason why  red herring  representation  right  ruse  saving clause  seeming  semblance  sham  show  simulacrum  simulation  speciousness  stated cause  the big idea  the idea  the whatfor  the wherefore  the why  underlying reason  varnish  veil  way of escape  way out  window dressing  

pretext Definition

Pretext
(n.) Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive

pretext Bedeutung

guise
pretense pretence pretext 		an artful or simulated semblance, under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
pretext
stalking-horse 		something serving to conceal plans, a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
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A pretext is an excuse to do something or say something that is not accurate. Pretexts may be based on a half-truth or developed in the context of a misleading fabrication. Pretexts have been used to conceal the true purpose or rationale behind actions and words.

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