feigning

Plural: feignings

Noun

• pretending with intention to deceive
• the act of giving a false appearance
• Act of one who feigns; fakery; deceit.

Verb

• make believe with the intent to deceive
• make a pretence of
• present participle and gerund of feign

Synonyms

affect, assume, dissemble, dissembling, feign, pretence, pretend, pretending, pretense, sham, simulate, simulation