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pretext
[ pree-tekst ]
noun
- something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; excuse:
The leaders used the insults as a pretext to declare war.
- the misleading appearance or behavior assumed with this intention:
His many lavish compliments were a pretext for subtle mockery.
Synonyms: ,
pretext
/ 藞辫谤颈藧迟蓻办蝉迟 /
noun
- a fictitious reason given in order to conceal the real one
- a specious excuse; pretence
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pretext1
Example Sentences
Representing as he does the non-expansion state of Georgia, he knows that red state governors like his own would be inclined to simply ax the expansion if given a fiscal pretext to hide behind.
Instead it is using our nation鈥檚 foundational civil rights law as a pretext to coerce states into abandoning efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion through lawful programs and policies.鈥
Dehumanizing the targets of institutionalized mistreatment and torture proved to be both the pretext for and a product of the process.
Indeed, the point has been made: Donald Trump's agents are free to remove people from society on any pretext they like, or none at all.
It's instead employed as an empty pretext to wage war on foreign students.
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