Act
Act noun - A performance regularly presented by an individual or group.
Feigning is a synonym for act in make-believe topic. In some cases you can use "Feigning" instead a noun "Act", when it comes to topics like pretence, pretended behavior.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Feigning Intelligence: Both Rabbit and Owl tend to act smart, but are actually just as scatterbrained as the other characters.
Source: Literature / Winnie-the-Pooh - Or was their immediate act to crash and trash the Garden Party them being spiteful and they were feigning niceness?
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Some of it may be an act, though, as she's actually the one manipulating him by feigning helplessness and getting him to feel sincerely protective of her, in order to lead to his eventual capture.
Source: Film / House of Flying Daggers
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