Claim and Masquerade

Claim

Claim noun - An entitlement to something.

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Masquerade and claim are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Masquerade" instead the word "Claim" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

Masquerade noun - A display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive.

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Claim and masquerade are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Claim" instead the word "Masquerade" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: masqueraded, masquerading

good	good claim	good masquerade
similar	similar claim	similar masquerade
common	common claim	common masquerade
current	current claim	current masquerade
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, big, little, general, magical.

Also done to Jeyne Poole, who was forced to masquerade as Arya Stark and marry Ramsay Snow, so as to more firmly establish the Bolton claim to the North.

Source: And Now You Must Marry Me
Sometimes this character is just duplicitous, but is allowed to claim the title to keep the Masquerade going for the greater good.

Source: Fake Ultimate Hero
In Vampire: The Masquerade, many vampires claim that their clan's antediluvian poised as some god or another (the Toreador antediluvian was Inanna, and the Gangrel antediluvian was Ereshkigal, for instance).

Source: Ancient Astronauts

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