Associations to the word «Pretext»
Noun
- Provocation
- Quarrel
- Seizing
- Purge
- Manchuria
- Hostility
- Aggression
- Conspirator
- Pretence
- Danzig
- Excuse
- Overthrow
- Grievance
- Ruse
- Coup
- Tyranny
- Invasion
- Glad
- Byzantium
- Duc
- Expulsion
- Assassination
- Dismissal
- Incursion
- Insurrection
- Deportation
- Repression
- Claudius
- Anu
- Richelieu
- Revolt
- Athenian
- Junta
- Reprisal
- Plunder
- Justinian
- Armenian
- Annexation
- Truce
- Justification
- Pretense
- Mademoiselle
- Persecution
- Heresy
- Intervention
- Soviets
- Consul
- Annex
- Bey
- Motive
- Outrage
- Decree
- Transvaal
- Confederacy
Adjective
Wiktionary
PRETEXT, noun. A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
PRETEXT, verb. To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
Dictionary definition
PRETEXT, noun. Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason.
PRETEXT, noun. An artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them".
Wise words
Think twice before you speak, because your words and
influence will plant the seed of either success or failure
in the mind of another.