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noun

Definition of feigningnext
as in pretence

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feigning

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verb

present participle of feign
as in pretending
to present a false appearance of I would never feign illness just to get out of a test

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feigning
  1. pretending
  2. simulation
  3. simulating
  4. forgery
  5. assuming
  6. fake
  7. counterfeit
Verb
  • While maintaining a quirky and mysterious air, the show yields questions like, is a cult real if its creators are pretending but its followers aren’t?
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • June Squibb plays the titular Thelma, who gets taken in by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson Danny (Fred Hechinger) to the tune of $10,000.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of pretending
Noun
  • City-Scale Digital Twins The digital twin concept involves creating virtual replicas, modeled using real-world data, in order to create simulations that can be used for planning and managing development.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Smallville is a Farmville-like simulation involving characters that communicate and interact with each other under the control of large language models.
    Will Knight, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of simulation
Verb
  • Nvidia’s Omniverse allows users to put together world scenes digitally, simulating a physical environment.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In addition to large-scale data theft, economic disruption, and intelligence breaches, quantum computers could be used for malicious purposes such as simulating and synthesizing chemical weapons or optimizing the flight trajectories of a swarm of drones.
    Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of simulating
Noun
  • Mangione is also facing charges in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested, including forgery and allegedly possessing an unlicensed firearm.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In July, Mellor referred Wright to prosecutors to consider criminal charges of perjury and forgery.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of forgery
Verb
  • As such, even assuming that some more tariffs are put on, the potential impact on China's economy overall is likely to be limited.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In the chaos, the girls' mother evacuated with another daughter, assuming Lama and Sama were with their father.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of assuming
Noun
  • In this essay for The Paris Review, Simon Wu recounts his experiences pining after, and eventually buying, six designer handbags: some real, some real but used, and one fake.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The 49ers began the game with Purdy exclusively under center, and his play-action fakes to Guerendo created plenty of comfortable throws against the Bears’ defense.
    Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of fake
Noun
  • What happens when people discover they were made to revere counterfeits?
    Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • When scanned, the EON platform uses artificial intelligence alongside this data to evaluate implicit and explicit information in real-time, delivering accurate authentication and detecting counterfeits.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of counterfeit
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