pretender

• Substantiv für eine Person, die falsche Ansprüche erhebt oder etwas vortäuscht, oder die Überzeugungen oder Meinungen vorgibt, die sie in Wahrheit nicht hat, um ihre wahren Gefühle oder Absichten zu verbergen. Ebenso jemand, der einen Thron oder Titel beansprucht, ohne berechtigt zu sein.

A noun referring to a person who makes deceitful claims or pretenses, or who professes beliefs or opinions they do not actually hold in order to conceal their true feelings or motives.

1. Deceitful personB2formal

   A person who makes false claims or pretenses, often to deceive others.

   Betrüger

   • The con artist was a pretender who claimed to be a doctor.
   • She saw through his act and knew he was just a pretender.
   • History remembers him as a pretender to the throne.

   Synonymecharlatanfakefraudhumbughypocriteimpostormountebankphonyquack

2. HypocriteB2formal

   A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not actually hold, often to hide their true feelings or motives.

   Heuchler

   • He was a pretender who preached honesty while cheating on his taxes.
   • The politician was exposed as a pretender who only cared about power.
   • She called him a pretender for pretending to support the cause while working against it.

   Synonymecharlatandissemblerfakefraudhumbughypocriteimpostorphoney

   Antonymegenuinehonestsinceretruthful