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falsification collapse: the act of determining that something is false; the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting; a willful perversion of facts

smoke screen collapse: an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"; (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements

disguise collapse: the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance; "he is a master of disguise"; any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity; an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories"; make unrecognizable; "The herb disguises the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"

exterior collapse: situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints"

pretense collapse: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"; imaginative intellectual play; pretending with intention to deceive

falsity collapse: the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"

humbug collapse: communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive; trick or deceive

masquerade collapse: making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"; a party of guests wearing costumes and masks; pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as an expert on the Internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"; take part in a masquerade

ostentation collapse: pretentious or showy or vulgar display; lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity; a gaudy outward display

incognito collapse: without revealing one's identity; "in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company"

delusion collapse: the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas; a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"; (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary

feint collapse: any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack); deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"

mirage collapse: something illusory and unattainable; an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

pretension collapse: a false or unsupportable quality; the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"

launching collapse: the act of propelling with force; the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time

veneer collapse: coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood; cover with veneer; "veneer the furniture to protect it"

hypocrisy collapse: insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have; an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

airs collapse: affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on airs with me"

presence collapse: the act of being present; the impression that something is present; "he felt the presence of an evil force"; the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"; an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby; the state of being present; current existence; "he tested for the presence of radon"

shallowness collapse: the quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive"

superficiality collapse: lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling; shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something; "he ignored the wound because of its superficiality"

fraud collapse: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage; intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

ambidextrous collapse: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray; equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon"

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