Hyphenation of pretense

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pretense? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pre-tense

Definitions of pretense:

1.	The act of giving a false appearance His conformity was only pretending
2.	Pretending with intention to deceive
3.	Imaginative intellectual play
4.	A false or unsupportable quality
5.	An artful or simulated semblance Under the guise of friendship he betrayed them

Synonyms of pretense:

noun	pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning, deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
noun	pretence, feigning, dissembling, misrepresentation, deceit, deception
noun	pretence, make-believe, imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery
noun	pretension, pretence, artificiality
noun	guise, pretence, pretext, semblance, gloss, color, colour

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