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charade

noun

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An obvious or misleading pretense that hides the real situation.

The consultation became a charade when the organizers ignored every response.

Dictionary practice example.

The theater's fictional mystery script included a charade in which two characters staged a supposedly spontaneous discovery that they had planned together.

From Examining Evasion and Imitation.

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