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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
  • 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
  • Nvidia’s Omniverse allows users to put together world scenes digitally, simulating a physical environment.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of simulating
Noun
  • Hyundai says technology efficiently prevents forgeries and faked fingerprints, performing five times more effectively than a conventional vehicle or smart keys.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Mangione will also have to return to court in Pennsylvania to face state weapons and forgery charges on Feb. 24, the judge ruled on Thursday.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 19 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
  • Even when assuming that a product works well and its technology and application are based on sound and robust scientific evidence, adoption and long-term success depend heavily on a customer's first experience and expectations.
    Mattia Lucchini, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of assuming
Noun
  • The story was updated to add details from an X employee who calls the screenshot a fake.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Definition of fake
Noun
  • In a report released Wednesday, the office singled out 19 countries that raised concerns of possible movement of counterfeit or pirated drugs.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
  • After several investigative leads ended in dead-ends and counterfeits, a promising tip to the FBI prompted a sting operation that ended in agents recovering the fabled slippers in Minneapolis In July 2018.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of counterfeit
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