pretend

behave unnaturally or affectedly

the enactment of a pretense

“it was just pretend”

represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

state insincerely

“She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber”

imagined as in a play

“dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish”

make believe with the intent to deceive

put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

“I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong”

put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

“pretend the title of King”