Acting
Acting noun - The performance of a part or role in a drama.
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Synonyms for Acting
Pretense is a synonym for acting in honest topic. In some cases you can use "Pretense" instead a noun "Acting", when it comes to topics like entertaining.
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- Shion was already crazy, but now she loses any pretense of acting for anything besides her own dark pleasure.
Source: Jumping Off the Slippery Slope -
Dexter's secret life as a serial killer requires him to deceive everyone he knows about who he really is and what he does, so the comments he makes while acting with the "pretense of normalcy" are often heavily laced with lies about his attitudes and intended actions.
Source: Irony - This trope can also result from people either pretending to be drunk, or acting more drunk than they actually are, then they stop pretending (or forget to keep up the pretense) when something interesting happens.
Source: Suddenly Sober
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