FEIGNING

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does feigning mean? 

• FEIGNING (noun)
  The noun FEIGNING has 2 senses:

1. pretending with intention to deceive
2. the act of giving a false appearance

  Familiarity information: FEIGNING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEIGNING (noun)

Meaning:

Pretending with intention to deceive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dissembling; feigning; pretense; pretence

Hypernyms ("feigning" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feigning"):

bluff (pretense that your position is stronger than it really is)

pretext; stalking-horse (something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason)

hypocrisy; lip service (an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction)

Meaning:

The act of giving a false appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pretending; pretense; feigning; simulation; pretence

Context example:

his conformity was only pretending

Hypernyms ("feigning" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; dissembling; dissimulation (the act of deceiving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feigning"):

appearance; show (pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression)

make-believe; pretend (the enactment of a pretense)

affectation; affectedness; mannerism; pose (a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display)

masquerade (making a false outward show)